Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.52% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (98%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '20 at 20:22
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	98%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 196 81% 137 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 583 63% 501 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 220 19,671 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 34D6) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.52% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 6.54 Parallax 1.66 3% 4.1 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 2.93 Splatting 4.48 4% 4.8 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.52% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO 250G 250GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 470 379 282 282 282 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 454 Mixed 430 SusWrite 359 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 45.7 157% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 55 128% 267 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 122%
WIN-XP 250GB 208GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 63 63 63 63 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.2% Poor	Read 24.8 Write 50.7 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 62.6 31% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s

WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 47GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 48 49 48 49 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 47.2 Write 46.8 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 48.9 32% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 11,344 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 63%

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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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $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