Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	84.6% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20130122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '22 at 18:19
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 428 59% 436 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 146 146 145 140 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 474 Write 455 Mixed 328 SusWrite 163 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 38.6 127% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 174 181% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 108%
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 223GB free Firmware: V8X01c62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 307 308 307 305 306 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 321 Write 308 Mixed 279 SusWrite 297 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 26 86% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 169 120% 149 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 99%
Team TM8FP6512G 512GB 6,771 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 336GB free Firmware: SN08868 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1276 1537 634 216 217 217 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,420 Write 1,551 Mixed 1,271 SusWrite 683 277% 1,231 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 52.2 192% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 752 DQ Mixed 480 382% 518 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 270%
Apacer AS330 120GB 735 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 112GB free Firmware: AP223PD0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 429 424 423 423 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 451 Write 389 Mixed 310 SusWrite 427 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 28.2 99% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 170 166% 259 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL9 Series 8502 1600 CL9 Series 8502 1866 CL9 Series 8502 1600 CL9 Series 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 20.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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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 $100Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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