Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '19 at 10:06
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 454 56% 431 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 78.6 Parallax 67.4 64% 74.9 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 72 Splatting 74.4 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0006DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 86 91 93 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 109 Write 100 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 86.8 66% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 93 94 90 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 67.7 Write 71 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 93.6 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.4 181% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 75%
Samsung HN-M101MBB 1TB-$45 3,466 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 88GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 44.5 Write 1.7 Mixed 2.2 SusWrite 0.6 9% 12.2 MB/s	4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 59%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 230GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 78 79 76 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 90.7 Write 83 Mixed 39 SusWrite 78.2 53% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 93.5 Write 84.2 Mixed 58.7 59% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 83%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 500GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 442GB free, PID a001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 100 100 100 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 99 Write 100 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 100 118% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston 99U5471-020.A00LF 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston 99U5471-020.A00LF 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

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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	319x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $999

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16