Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.35% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.8% 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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	35.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '18 at 19:37
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	MDA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 511 51% 417 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.35% Terrible	Lighting 2.57 Reflection 3.92 Parallax 1.72 2% 2.74 fps	MRender 3.81 Gravity 1.4 Splatting 4.74 3% 3.32 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.35% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ASX900S3-128GM 128GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 115 118 110 114 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 386 Write 143 Mixed 199 SusWrite 115 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 30.7 126% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 153 116% 157 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 42GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 60 57 56 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 71.2 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 58.7 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 228GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 96 95 94 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 95 Write 14 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 94.5 47% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 19GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 42 40 41 41 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 72.2 Write 50.4 Mixed 52.9 SusWrite 40.9 40% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 43%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 534GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 100 98 99 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 95.4 Mixed 57.9 SusWrite 99.1 63% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 88%
Generic Storage Device 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 3GB free, PID 0310 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 15 17 17 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	9.69% Terrible	Read 29.6 Write 14.3 Mixed 3 SusWrite 16.3 18% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.69% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 029E CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 029E CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 029E CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 60%

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Gaming 36%

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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	199x
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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	63x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	30x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

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