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 (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '20 at 21:49
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2300 19,722 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 152 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 294 40% 301 Pts	64-Core 307 19% 307 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 829GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 57 61 65 64 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 365 Write 282 Mixed 316 SusWrite 61.9 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 33.5 106% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 96.2 DQ Mixed 50.8 43% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 133%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 46GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 131 129 133 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 368 Write 200 Mixed 189 SusWrite 130 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 7.6 73% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 9.2 24% 48.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 140GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 131 129 133 129 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 167 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 130 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 112%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 103GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 96 98 92 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 90.5 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 94.8 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 59%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 318GB free Firmware: GG2OA7A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 57 62 65 63 67 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 81.7 Write 54.2 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 62.5 41% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4GB free Firmware: CC46 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 52.7 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL51264BA160A.16FH 04CD F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 859B BL51264BA160A.16FH 04CD F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 16 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 52%

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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	173x
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	26x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $541

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16