Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '21 at 02:53
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (97^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 579 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 200 6,989 User benchmarks, average bench 2% PowerColor(148C 5230) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	1.6% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 2.4 Parallax 2 2% 2.13 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 2 Splatting 1.8 2% 1.9 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.6% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 58GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 253 266 272 251 262 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 462 Write 288 Mixed 238 SusWrite 260 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 19.9 81% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 86.1 DQ Mixed 132 112% 171 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 76%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 203 68 68 69 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 468 Write 377 Mixed 351 SusWrite 127 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 32.2 114% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 246 208% 301 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 992GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 167 152 170 170 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 130 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 163 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 114%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 347GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 76 77 77 75 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 81.4 Write 44.4 Mixed 47.3 SusWrite 75.6 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 297GB free Firmware: CR100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 70 70 72 70 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	34% Below average	Read 47.6 Write 19.8 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 70.6 30% 41.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 44%
G-DRIVE mobile 4TB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2.5TB free, PID 1026 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 87 86 87 88 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 97.5 Write 93.7 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 87.7 113% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.6 198% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 64%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 224 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 952GB free, PID ab34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 104 109 112 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 49.3 Write 74.6 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 110 91% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.6 245% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 409GB free, PID 3312 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 113 114 115 116 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 91.9 Write 74.8 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 113 112% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	21.5"	1280 720	GSM578E E2250

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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	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 $295	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