Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120217
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '20 at 19:39
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 198 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 536 56% 448 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 186 Parallax 183 120% 172 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 164 Splatting 121 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 449 383 393 348 336 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 462 Mixed 361 SusWrite 392 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 50.2 163% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 364 274% 368 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 271GB free Firmware: 1AA01108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 64 66 68 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 27.7 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 64.8 36% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 60%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 120GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 55 56 59 58 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 50 Write 27.8 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 57 32% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 62%
JMicron Tech 750GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 698GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 86 84 85 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 88 Write 44.5 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 85.8 90% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 133% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 72%

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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	435x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	319x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	95x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	59x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16