Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '21 at 07:35
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 207 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 592 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6258) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 43.4 Parallax 40.6 35% 42.4 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 44.3 Splatting 29.3 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 379 343 112 76 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 458 Write 380 Mixed 354 SusWrite 214 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 33 96% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 91.6 DQ Mixed 159 131% 195 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 126%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 177 180 184 180 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 151 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 180 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 273% 2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 146 158 163 158 155 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 147 Write 150 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 156 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 337% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 109%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 147 150 153 154 154 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 154 Write 170 Mixed 112 SusWrite 152 200% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.7 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.3 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	198x
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	60x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16