Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.8% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 19:49
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 445 60% 445 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.10.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 49.3 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 61.1 40% 47.8 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 47.9 Splatting 41 33% 40 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 738GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 505 Mixed 522 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 39 122% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 171 165% 255 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 445%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 734 Write 538 Mixed 490 130% 587 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 24.5 91% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 388 DQ Mixed 93.5 151% 288 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 182%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C7 4x4GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	433x
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	102x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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