Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '20 at 18:52
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 188 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 522 52% 426 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 97 Parallax 195 95% 136 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 108 Splatting 133 95% 113 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 442 457 457 458 456 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 444 Mixed 395 SusWrite 448 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 48.5 153% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 758GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 196 194 197 197 196 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 39.4 Write 95.9 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 195 67% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 112%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 106GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 98 50 57 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 69 Write 63.2 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 74.6 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1333 C9 4x8GB 665 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 81%

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Gaming 36%

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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	250x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $526

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