Asrock Z68 Pro3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	94.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110708
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 18:44
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 206 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 412 49% 378 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 366 298 276 300 306 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 433 Mixed 333 SusWrite 329 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 39 128% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 241 214% 323 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 126%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$140 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 151GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 170 171 165 171 168 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 326 Write 217 Mixed 237 SusWrite 163 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 30.1 112% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 228 178% 246 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 88%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$80 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 100 103 103 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 122 Write 130 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 102 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 136GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 139 140 139 139 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 129 Write 45.3 Mixed 72 SusWrite 140 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 75%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$20 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 118GB free Firmware: 0002CE02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 63 62 63 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 59.2 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 62.9 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 43%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 14,254 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 4.3 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	5.4% Terrible	Read 23.7 Write 2.7 Mixed 8 SusWrite 3.7 10% 9.53 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 22% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.4% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	65.3% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 21.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

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 $109Bench 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: 56% - Above average

Total price: $555

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) $30	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