Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.8% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '19 at 17:50
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 96 2-Core 181 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 361 48% 357 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 3130) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Lighting 28.7 Reflection 24.3 Parallax 29.9 23% 27.6 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 26 Splatting 30.2 22% 26.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 455 460 469 465 468 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 453 Mixed 358 SusWrite 448 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 36.6 121% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 346 267% 365 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 555GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 86 86 83 82 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 88.9 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 84.3 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 164% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 68%
SanDisk Cruzer 32GB 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 26GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 26.4 Write 12.2 Mixed 14 SusWrite 4.3 17% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.5 164% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600LL Series 2x4GB 610 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.2% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 8.8 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 64%

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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 $90Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $999

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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