Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '18 at 04:48
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 176 75% 124 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 517 51% 418 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4990) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.4% Very good	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 105 Parallax 93.1 78% 97.8 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 75.2 68% 84.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 121 116 120 72 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 424 Write 190 Mixed 134 SusWrite 107 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 15.2 84% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 56.8 60% 98.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 67GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 462 454 464 417 114 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 462 Mixed 399 SusWrite 394 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 46.9 169% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 365 274% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Sail boat

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	174x

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 $79Bench 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	59x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16