Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.3% 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	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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '19 at 17:38
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 513 58% 453 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.25% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.77 Parallax 1.19 1% 1.43 fps	MRender 2.19 Gravity 0.93 Splatting 2.43 2% 1.85 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.25% Great: 1%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2063 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.97 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 67.3 65% 75 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 72 Splatting 75.1 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221017 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 289 290 125 170 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 489 Write 420 Mixed 337 SusWrite 260 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 32.7 115% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 21 70% 159 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 27GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 75 70 71 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 74.1 Write 53 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 72.9 46% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 293GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 104 103 104 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 103 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 416GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 105 105 106 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 91.3 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 105 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04H1AA28-16 04CD F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 01BA 4GBH1X04H1AA28-16 04CD F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 79%

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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 $94Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,003

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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