Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '22 at 18:41
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 230 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 454 61% 453 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 872C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.5% Very good	Lighting 91.6 Reflection 91.4 Parallax 86.2 75% 89.7 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 72.3 71% 89.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Digistor 240GB SSD 240GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 110 113 119 91 93 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 411 Write 173 Mixed 192 SusWrite 108 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 37.5 147% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 168 120% 155 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 88%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 22GB free Firmware: FH100-06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 86 73 81 67 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 82.3 Write 74 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 79.9 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 56%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 18GB free Firmware: 1AC01109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 87 94 92 73 72 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 71.7 Write 67.3 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 81.9 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 62%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$32 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 14GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 92 68 95 98 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 62.2 Write 61.8 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 90.5 49% 67 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 76%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 64.5 Write 47.6 Mixed 45.9 40% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 62%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3GB free Firmware: FP2A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 197 Write 194 Mixed 61.9 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 476% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX6GX3M3A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMX6GX3M3A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61% Good	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 61%

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Gaming 36%

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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	252x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	199x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x
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	30x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16