Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.93% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 00:27
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (56^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, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 190 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 352 48% 357 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.93% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 3.19 Parallax 1.41 2% 2.23 fps	MRender 3.19 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.91 2% 2.75 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.93% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 54 54 53 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 470 Write 429 Mixed 390 SusWrite 91.1 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 34.4 114% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 251 212% 306 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 91%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 223GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 55 56 55 56 55 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 468 Write 420 Mixed 385 SusWrite 92.1 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 34.9 117% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 252 211% 305 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 91%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 12GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 5.7 5.3 5.1 5.5 5.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	5.61% Terrible	Read 23.4 Write 5 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 5.3 11% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.9 47% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.61% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 72%

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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%

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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 $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