Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	44.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '21 at 09:12
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 401 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 138 Parallax 139 102% 134 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 128 Splatting 116 98% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TD256HAFV-000L7 256GB 6,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 76 80 55 128 179 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.9% Average	Read 151 Write 47.1 Mixed 92.6 SusWrite 101 22% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 19 77% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 61.7 DQ Mixed 54.7 80% 159 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 80%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 152GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 81 87 87 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 101 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 83.7 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 465GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 125 127 127 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 118 Write 101 Mixed 70 SusWrite 125 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 70%
WD WD5000AZLX-00ZR6A0 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 284GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 149 157 155 153 157 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 145 Write 120 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 151 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 2 359% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 103%
Hitachi TOURO Mobile 500GB 610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 160GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 26.6 Write 25.3 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 25.6 19% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 58%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 185GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 144 156 157 155 154 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 62.4 SusWrite 150 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 104%

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 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 77%

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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	174x

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	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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16