Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 6% 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO 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	20150115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '19 at 14:17
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 559 64% 497 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1557) 1GB CLim: 1121 MHz, MLim: 1335 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.88% Terrible	Lighting 4.47 Reflection 5.08 Parallax 3.53 4% 4.36 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 4.97 Splatting 6.39 4% 5.12 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G1CS1754D117-551 120GB 2,096 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 386 Write 292 Mixed 16.8 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 31 113% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 179 162% 245 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 90%
Toshiba MK5061GSYN 500GB-$75 5,635 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 36GB free Firmware: MH000K SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 52 52 52 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 65.6 Write 56.5 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 51.6 37% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 164GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 73 75 74 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 104 Write 99.9 Mixed 64.1 SusWrite 73.8 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 68%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 544GB free Firmware: LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 128 121 133 134 131 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 34.3 Write 108 Mixed 57.4 SusWrite 128 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 71%
Toshiba MK6475GSX 640GB-$66 9,402 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 337GB free Firmware: GT001M SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 60 60 61 60 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 51.4 Write 44.6 Mixed 18 SusWrite 59.3 32% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.6% 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%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	433x
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	102x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,018

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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