Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '18 at 16:50
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 424 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 375C) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.5 Reflection 15.1 Parallax 18.4 16% 17.7 fps	MRender 16.5 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 20 15% 18.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 31GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 78 81 83 87 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 78 Write 77.3 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 79.5 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 70%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 86 105 109 118 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 117 Write 104 Mixed 68 SusWrite 102 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 74%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 35GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 60 61 62 65 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 66.5 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 60.2 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 302 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 465GB free, PID a207 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 31 Write 25.5 Mixed 16 SusWrite 27.3 33% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 26% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 65%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	251x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	198x
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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x

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

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $526

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 $179	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) $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