Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	154% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '22 at 20:11
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$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 (90^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 101 2-Core 202 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 387 52% 387 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 501 555 517 497 454 431 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,203 Write 631 Mixed 601 SusWrite 492 162% 732 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41.9 160% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 999 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 394 346% 540 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 214%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 231GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 162 162 161 161 155 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 330 Write 233 Mixed 267 SusWrite 152 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 35.3 116% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 142 108% 147 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 129%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 250GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 112 112 114 114 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 89.8 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 108 71% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 41GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 50 50 50 50 50 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 48.6 Write 22.8 Mixed 38 SusWrite 49.6 30% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 40%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 902GB free Firmware: 05.01A05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 117 116 119 120 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 158 Write 107 Mixed 65.2 SusWrite 115 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.9 218% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBSR 04CD F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 04CD F3-17000CL11-4GBSR 04CD F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 61%

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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	318x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	103x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	58x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,018

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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