Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	19.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '21 at 05:14
Run Duration	311 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 439 60% 443 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1067) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.1% Very good	Lighting 93 Reflection 89.3 Parallax 77.6 76% 86.6 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 71.6 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 63 68 95 97 103 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 113 Write 103 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 78.8 65% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 75%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 62GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 96 100 100 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 83.4 Write 91.7 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 97.2 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 74%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 144GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 46 46 46 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 41.7 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 45.6 33% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 1866 CL10 Series Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60% Good	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 43%

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

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	251x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	198x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	63x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $526

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