And once you install your OS and actually boot from that drive, you can watch the LED as you boot, go through the codes I just finished building an Asrock z68 Fatal1ty, same codes
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 with XFast USB Technology ASUS P8Z68-V Pro without XFast USB Technology ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 with XFast USB Technology 220160 KB/s 45287 KB/s 386.14% Faster ATTO Disk Benchmark - 4K Write 156281 KB/s 48452 KB/s 222.73% Faster Get PCI-E 3.0 Benefits Higher bit rate - 8.0GT/s Higher bandwidth per lane - 1GB/s And once you install your OS and actually boot from that drive, you can watch the LED as you boot, go through the codes Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Premium Gold Caps (2.5 x longer life time), 100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors Digi Power, Advanced V8 + 4 Power Phase Design
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Intel Z86 Chipset ATX LGA1155 PCRevive. The Next-Gen PCIe 3.0, beyond the original specification of Z68 chipset and Intel Sandy Bridge processor, is introduced to this motherboard by adapting PCIe 3.0 quick switch IC, gearing you up for the latest graphics card such as AMD 79xx series that employ PCIe 3.0 technology. Z68 Extreme3 Gen3: Z68 Extreme4: Z68 Pro3 Gen3: Z68 Pro3: Z68 Pro3-M: Z68M/USB3: Z68M-ITX/HT: Specifications
s1155 ASRock z68 Extreme3 gen3 + i52500K +16gb DDR3. T: USB2 B: USB3 USB 3.0 T: USB4 Top: RJ-45 B: USB5 CHA_FAN3 CHA_FAN2 USB 3.0 HDMI 1.4a Fast USB PCIE1 AUDIO Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 CODEC PCI Express 3.0 PCIE2 Intel CMOS Battery PCIE3 PCI1 SATA3 6Gb/s PCIE4 CLRCMOS1 RoHS Debug ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 with XFast USB Technology ASUS P8Z68-V Pro without XFast USB Technology ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 with XFast USB Technology 220160 KB/s 45287 KB/s 386.14% Faster ATTO Disk Benchmark - 4K Write 156281 KB/s 48452 KB/s 222.73% Faster Get PCI-E 3.0 Benefits Higher bit rate - 8.0GT/s Higher bandwidth per lane - 1GB/s