Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 07:17
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 100 2-Core 178 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 501 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.08% Terrible	Lighting 2.3 Reflection 3.1 Parallax 1.7 2% 2.37 fps	MRender 3.4 Gravity 2.8 Splatting 2.9 2% 3.03 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.08% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 306GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 99 101 101 102 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 100 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 99.5 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 172GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 101 101 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 98.8 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 102 59% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.5 183% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 3,582 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 63%

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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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Typical P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 Builds (Compare 1,481 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

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