Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '20 at 19:39
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2550K-$119 2,925 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 183 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 346 47% 350 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 91.1 Parallax 90.8 82% 94.1 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 90 Splatting 77.4 73% 91.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 114 129 95 137 169 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 202 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 131 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 272GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 141 139 140 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 123 Write 92.1 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 139 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 0711 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 25.4 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 18.1 18% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 103%
WD My Passport 082A 2TB 759 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 082a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 23 Mixed 23.6 SusWrite 15.9 30% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT2TXRG 2x4GB 506 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 17 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 74%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

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 $178	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