Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	76.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '23 at 12:09
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 82 2-Core 160 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 437 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 110 Parallax 98.3 76% 101 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 86 75% 93 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 209 206 206 218 213 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.2% Average	Read 182 Write 202 Mixed 178 SusWrite 210 44% 193 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 25.2 82% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 77.3 DQ Mixed 38 33% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 116 125 120 119 123 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 99.8 Write 99.6 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 121 68% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 75%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 215GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 91 91 89 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 63 Write 66.6 Mixed 50 SusWrite 90.4 50% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.7% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 48%

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Typical Z68 Professional Gen3 Builds (Compare 152 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	48x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	28x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	11x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $104Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	6x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GBUnknownBench 54%, 50 samples	5x
CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GBCorsairBench 49%, 430 samples	5x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	4x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $623

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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