Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.8% 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	44.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	17 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 22:37
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (45^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-$195 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 185 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 490 48% 395 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4990) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.8% Very good	Lighting 99.1 Reflection 105 Parallax 102 81% 102 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 83.9 72% 88.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 34 25 38 39 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 334 Write 170 Mixed 206 SusWrite 36.5 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 16.3 79% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 57.8 61% 101 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 67GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 212 215 209 208 224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 344 Write 241 Mixed 261 SusWrite 210 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 38.7 125% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 135 100% 132 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $109Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,018

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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