Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '18 at 13:01
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 450 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.8% Average	Lighting 61.8 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 59.8 50% 62.9 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 58.8 Splatting 51.9 49% 60.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 54%
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.92% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 3.08 Parallax 1.41 2% 2.19 fps	MRender 3 Gravity 1.17 Splatting 3.91 2% 2.69 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.92% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 90GB 979 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 103 97 96 95 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 350 Write 114 Mixed 162 SusWrite 96.1 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 27.8 106% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 144 110% 150 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 77%
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 24GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 77 67 64 64 62 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.9% Average	Read 202 Write 55.2 Mixed 121 SusWrite 69 25% 112 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 13 82% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 29.3 57% 112 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 589GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 85 90 90 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 89.3 Mixed 63 SusWrite 87.9 61% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 62GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 111 114 116 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 129 Write 105 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 114 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 105GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 168 170 173 174 174 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 128 Write 94 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 172 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.7% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10.2 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 60%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	252x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	199x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	63x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	62x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	30x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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