Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.2% 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	39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 06:23
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 91.3 2-Core 163 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 444 45% 366 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 845B) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Lighting 22.4 Reflection 20.2 Parallax 26.7 18% 23.1 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 25.8 Splatting 23.9 21% 26 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 79 72 72 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 150 Write 115 Mixed 133 SusWrite 76.5 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 20.8 77% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 114 88% 120 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 61%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 335GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 453 345 296 297 297 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 452 Mixed 439 SusWrite 355 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 42.9 139% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 257GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 41 41 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	31% Below average	Read 68.3 Write 44 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 39.7 38% 50.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 564GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 114 113 113 109 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 79.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 112 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.2 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	250x
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	29x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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