Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	45.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 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 25 '21 at 13:03
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 479 63% 473 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.9% 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: 472.12 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 140 Parallax 128 104% 132 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 131 Splatting 116 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TD256HAFV-000L7 256GB 6,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 185 159 45 42 49 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.5% Average	Read 227 Write 97.3 Mixed 105 SusWrite 99.1 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 20.5 79% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 78.6 DQ Mixed 60.7 66% 114 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 80%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 152GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 99 101 103 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 92.2 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 97.6 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 458GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Write 1.2 Mixed 3 SusWrite 0.4 1% 1.53 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 70%
WD WD5000AZLX-00ZR6A0 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 284GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 155 156 155 157 157 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 98.9 Write 106 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 151 69% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 373% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 103%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 185GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 153 156 157 156 156 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 69 SusWrite 150 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 104%
HGST TOURO Mobile 500GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 160GB free, PID 1024 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 83 83 83 84 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 62.8 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 82 79% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 40%

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 (70^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 77%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

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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	319x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

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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Total price: $1,003

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