Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.9% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '21 at 14:10
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th 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-$50 185,516 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)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 450 61% 453 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.5% 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 (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.8% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 137 Parallax 125 101% 129 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 128 Splatting 114 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TD256HAFV-000L7 256GB 6,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 128 160 161 187 160 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.9% Average	Read 215 Write 42.2 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 155 27% 123 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 18.4 77% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 53.2 DQ Mixed 57.4 76% 147 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 80%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$31 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 152GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 86 86 87 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 96.2 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 83.4 61% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$24 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 458GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.1 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.34% Terrible	Read 3.7 Write 1.7 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 0.1 2% 3.18 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 188% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 1.34% Great: 70%
WD WD5000AZLX-00ZR6A0 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 284GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 156 157 156 157 157 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 147 Write 100 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 151 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 371% 2.8 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: 121 156 157 156 156 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 95.9 Write 102 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 150 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.8% 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: 79 83 83 83 84 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 59.7 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 82.6 78% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.4% 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 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.2% 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	6	30	84.6"	1280 720	SAM0E84 SAMSUNG

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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	439x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	319x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	176x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $994

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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