Asrock Z68 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.5% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110713
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '17 at 21:32
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 184 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 468 51% 406 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (87^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (80 fps cap detected)	62.8% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 80 Parallax 79.3 65% 79.7 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 73 Splatting 65.5 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505CUA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 27129632 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 107228153523283 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1957 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 449 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 39 78 1009322426407 (C2) HDA temperature 39 78 1009322426407 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 27129632 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 27129632 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 27129632 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38158 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18111 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18111 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13049	61.5% Good	Read 460 Write 229 Mixed 294 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 12.1 83% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 9.65 38% 79.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 59GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5016 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2957 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 412 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4605 (C2) HDA temperature 103 89 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	62.9% Good	Read 113 Write 107 Mixed 101 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.5 125% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 108 Write 99 Mixed 74.5 117% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.85 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.1 52% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 892GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 102 Write 96.5 Mixed 80.1 117% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.19 89% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 45%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 381GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 26.1 Mixed 27.5 36% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905458-017.A00LF 99U5458-005.A01LF 9905458-017.A00LF 99U5458-005.A01LF 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.9% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.2 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 16.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns

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Typical Z68 Pro3 Builds (Compare 374 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Pro3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	172x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	65x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	19x
Team--Elite-1333 2x4GBTeamBench 46%, 1,562 samples	12x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	10x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $606

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16