Asrock Z68 Pro3-M

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.57% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3-M (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110427
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 18:59
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 85.7 2-Core 169 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 317 42% 317 Pts	64-Core 315 20% 315 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT 4,580 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 0921) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	0.57% Terrible	Lighting 0.83 Reflection 0.31 Parallax 0.34 1% 0.49 fps	MRender 0.19 Gravity 0.6 Splatting 0.48 0% 0.42 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.57% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 204GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 160 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1656818397	68.1% Good	Read 397 Write 327 Mixed 282 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 21.1 98% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 39 DQ Write 88.4 DQ Mixed 23.3 29% 50.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 784GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 242728576 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 202359085997 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27873 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 187 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 622854178 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27115 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 85899345954 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 42971147823847 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56170378278 (F2) Unknown 100 253 67091055494	75.6% Very good	Read 149 Write 115 Mixed 79.3 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.36 96% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer 125GB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 39GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 16.5 Mixed 21.3 27% 23 MB/s	4K Read 3.57 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.84 90% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333 C8 2x2GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 54%

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

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Pro3-M

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	46x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	28x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	13x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	5x
Fury 240GBHyperX $193Bench 71%, 27,826 samples	4x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GBUnknownBench 51%, 19 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	3x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $306

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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