Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	127% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 06:49
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 460 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.8% Average	Lighting 61.8 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 59.6 50% 63.1 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 58.5 Splatting 52.8 49% 60.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 982 Write 940 Mixed 965 215% 962 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 20.2 95% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 20.3 24% 40.7 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 313%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 565GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 93 70553805 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8203 (05) Reallocated sector count 90 90 447 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 233073545 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1564 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 125 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590196741 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 538902559 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 23 70553805 (C5) Current pending sector count 98 98 107 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 98 98 107 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -115783728325782 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1040835492 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1070736190	60.5% Good	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 99 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.42 90% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 64%

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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%

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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