Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.7% 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	112% 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.

Very high background CPU (60%). 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '20 at 03:23
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

Watch Gameplay: 2060 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 197 80% 135 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 595 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 120 Parallax 110 98% 117 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 101 Splatting 85.5 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$144 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 463 458 455 452 454 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 456 Mixed 413 SusWrite 457 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 42.9 154% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 128%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 231GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 273 273 272 272 272 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 471 Mixed 343 SusWrite 288 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 39.9 152% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 213 202% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 93 96 95 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 149 Write 151 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 93.8 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 8502 1600 CL9 Series 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 56%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical P8Z68-V GEN3 Builds (Compare 859 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	252x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16