Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 18:25
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 644 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.5 80% 102 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 101 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 131 123 104 135 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 234 Write 197 Mixed 177 SusWrite 124 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 26.6 82% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 77.2 DQ Mixed 33.8 31% 45.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 85%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 8GB free Firmware: 526ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 190 Write 144 Mixed 162 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 26.9 79% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 66.3 DQ Mixed 26.5 26% 40.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
Mushkin ECO2 SMI 512GB-$80 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 176GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 206 212 214 214 215 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.2% Above average	Read 228 Write 216 Mixed 184 SusWrite 209 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 27.7 91% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 32.1 27% 38.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 97%
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$88 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 436GB free Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 293 309 310 312 313 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 369 Write 315 Mixed 301 SusWrite 302 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 37 120% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 284 217% 299 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 156%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 132 134 134 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 135 Write 119 Mixed 75 SusWrite 133 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 484GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 72 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 77.7 Write 74 Mixed 52 SusWrite 73.5 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

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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	174x

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 $79Bench 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	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

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Total price: $1,003

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	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