Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 18:59
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 250 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 611 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 1520) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.68 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 131 Parallax 134 111% 134 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 131 Splatting 108 109% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 128 145 145 140 130 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63% Good	Read 242 Write 152 Mixed 177 SusWrite 138 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 31 123% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 166 124% 166 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 88%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$100 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 588GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 236 239 239 236 238 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	73% Very good	Read 246 Write 232 Mixed 214 SusWrite 238 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 35.2 130% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 190 144% 194 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 121%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 300GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 69 70 75 60 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 76.5 Write 84.2 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 69.3 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 21.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 21.9 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 121%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	251x
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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16