Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.1% 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	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '20 at 19:57
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 82.2 2-Core 149 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 462 44% 361 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 105 Parallax 93.1 83% 100 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 91 Splatting 88.2 74% 90.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 331 346 333 261 342 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 472 Write 440 Mixed 349 SusWrite 319 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 14.4 90% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 344 258% 344 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 124%
OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 240GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 186GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 225 241 189 148 226 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 309 Write 286 Mixed 268 SusWrite 201 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 34.4 119% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 230 165% 211 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 90%
Areca STORAGE 12TB 4.5TB free Firmware: R001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 326 315 287 227 333 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate BUP RD 4TB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2.5TB free, PID ab30 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 136 138 132 126 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 131 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 134 153% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.8 178% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 57%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 175GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 51 50 45 37 50 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 48.2 Write 47.7 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 46.7 59% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR3 1600 C11 4x8GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.9% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 78%

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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 $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16