Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.2% 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	62.4% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	52.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 23:54
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 87.5 2-Core 155 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 350 40% 311 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% AMD(1002 0B00) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.2% Below average	Lighting 40.1 Reflection 27 Parallax 55.4 33% 40.9 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 35.3 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 229 195 106 107 107 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.4% Good	Read 234 Write 205 Mixed 214 SusWrite 158 46% 203 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 34.1 110% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 197 148% 197 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 465GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 50 40 45 56 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 2 Write 75 Mixed 1.5 SusWrite 50.2 23% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 44%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 501GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 92 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 92.2 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 91.3 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 83%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 75 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 73 Write 70.7 Mixed 69 SusWrite 74 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	44.2% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13.8 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 15.1 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 79%

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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