Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.8% 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	89.7% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120120
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '20 at 22:29
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 105 2-Core 194 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 394 46% 356 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 92.4 Parallax 91 80% 94 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 88.9 Splatting 79.1 73% 91 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 356 342 331 311 366 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 463 Write 441 Mixed 410 SusWrite 331 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 38 121% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 244 195% 277 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 886GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 354 360 344 316 366 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 415 Write 397 Mixed 345 SusWrite 337 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 21.9 66% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 155 110% 141 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 88 91 75 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 123 Write 106 Mixed 75 SusWrite 81.5 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 76%
WD Se 4TB-$90 2,519 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 53 57 65 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 11.5 Write 59.7 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 55.4 29% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 100%
WD My Book 1130 1TB 1,203 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 931GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 91 93 89 85 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 73.4 Write 1.5 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 88.7 62% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 41%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 647GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 101 103 94 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 126 Write 104 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 101 129% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 4x4GB 434 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 63%

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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%

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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	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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $1,003

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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