Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '20 at 22:31
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 195 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 336 45% 334 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Lighting 33 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 38.5 27% 34.1 fps	MRender 41.2 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 34.7 31% 38.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 297 Write 162 Mixed 187 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 19 94% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 155 125% 181 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 98%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 19GB free Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 364 Write 299 Mixed 250 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 23.1 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 33.8 DQ Mixed 14.2 15% 25.2 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 97%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 47GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 45 45 45 45 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 72.7 Mixed 53 SusWrite 44.5 44% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 294GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 72.5 Write 73.8 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 74.4 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1GB free Firmware: SC13 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 50 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 35GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 75 85 85 84 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 94.8 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 82.7 59% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,113 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.8 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 14 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	250x
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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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