Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	2.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 10:55
Run Duration	89 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 494 66% 496 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	2.49% Terrible	Lighting 2.73 Reflection 4.19 Parallax 1.84 2% 2.92 fps	MRender 3.81 Gravity 1.5 Splatting 5.09 3% 3.47 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.49% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3219 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 951 (A5) Unknown 100 100 98854962122 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 35 (A9) Unknown 100 100 273 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 139 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 64 274879021086 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2529772044877 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4001 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9942 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7557 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13691 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.8% Very good	Read 490 Write 141 Mixed 191 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 21.3 114% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 38.9 79% 164 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT125U6BFR8C-H9 4x2GB 703 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	250x
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 $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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