Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	10.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120217
Uptime	9.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '18 at 18:21
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 below expectations (30^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 41.7 2-Core 82.5 47% 69.6 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 428 39% 328 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1556) 1GB CLim: 951 MHz, MLim: 1089 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 9.81 9% 11.6 fps	MRender 16.1 Gravity 12 Splatting 15.7 12% 14.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 469 Write 107 Mixed 168 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 15.1 86% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 88.9 DQ Mixed 15.9 38% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 65%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 561GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 115 116 116 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 130 Write 120 Mixed 110 SusWrite 115 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 76%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 689GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 76 75 77 76 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 76.5 Write 78.4 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 75.4 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 55%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 48GB free Firmware: 3.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 33 33 34 35 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 34.8 Mixed 28.6 SusWrite 34 25% 33.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 37%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,774 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 931GB free, PID a208 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 108 109 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 82.5 Write 94.1 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 108 106% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 6,575 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.2 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 10.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 77%

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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 $94Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,003

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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