Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.18% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '21 at 03:49
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 211 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 454 62% 459 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 1284) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	9.18% Terrible	Lighting 13 Reflection 14.4 Parallax 6.4 11% 11.3 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 4.3 6% 8.37 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.18% Great: 9%
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.39% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 1.9 Parallax 2.9 3% 2.97 fps	MRender 5.2 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 5 4% 4.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.39% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1500HLHX-01JJPV0 150GB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 70 64 49 52 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 114 Write 111 Mixed 84 SusWrite 58.2 68% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 81%
Toshiba DT01ABA050V 500GB 441 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 134GB free Firmware: MU1OA720 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 121 121 102 109 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 139 Write 138 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 114 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 83%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 4,068 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 17GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 47 48 48 49 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 55 Write 51.9 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 47.6 63% 47 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 43%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 6GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 25.2 Write 14.4 Mixed 12.9 SusWrite 4.4 17% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.6 172% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	434x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	318x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	95x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	58x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $999

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 $177	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