Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). 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 PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 11:53
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2550K-$119 2,925 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 181 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 269 36% 267 Pts	64-Core 290 18% 290 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873A) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 86.5 Parallax 81.4 76% 87.3 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 74.4 72% 90.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 125 132 129 136 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 289 Write 141 Mixed 181 SusWrite 128 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 24.1 91% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 133 99% 131 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 78GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 160 148 148 148 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 440 Mixed 379 SusWrite 172 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 44.1 147% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 358 271% 364 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 664GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 46 64 68 76 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 82.3 Write 45.7 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 59.5 41% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 76%
WD RE4 250GB (2010)-$33 1,397 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 102GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 95 94 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 94.7 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.1 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 62%

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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	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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Value: 58% - Above average

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