Asrock Z68 Pro3-M

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3-M (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '23 at 21:25
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 425 53% 406 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Asus(1043 8834) ≥ 4GB; Asus 3060ti Rog Strix CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 174 Parallax 166 116% 161 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 133 Splatting 117 116% 146 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 96 43 121 67 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 391 Write 319 Mixed 221 SusWrite 93.3 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 30.1 101% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 219 192% 289 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 111%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 19GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 90 76 82 78 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 160 Write 125 Mixed 138 SusWrite 81.4 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 23.2 83% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 85.9 76% 116 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 61%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 269GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 86 86 86 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 83.3 Write 103 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 85.8 104% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Pro3-M

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	47x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	28x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	13x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	5x
Fury 240GBHyperX $193Bench 71%, 27,826 samples	4x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GBUnknownBench 51%, 19 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	3x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $306

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16