Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '18 at 09:35
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 371 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 82.3 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 68.2 67% 76.6 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 74.4 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 500GB-$40 5,497 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 115GB free Firmware: K2AOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 33 34 33 34 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 37 Write 33.3 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 33.2 25% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 34%
Seagate ST3320310CS 320GB 4,266 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: SC14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 44 54 58 60 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 38 Write 41.5 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 54.5 30% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-024.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 50%

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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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Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	90x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	21x
Core i7-2600Intel $190Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata $54Bench 91%, 40,725 samples	10x

RAM
CT51264BA160BJ.C8 2x4GBCrucialBench 51%, 2,504 samples	8x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	6x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16