Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.4% 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	129% 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.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '23 at 12:45
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 191 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 323 41% 312 Pts	64-Core 318 20% 318 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2062) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 110 Parallax 112 94% 113 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 103 Splatting 94.8 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 304 275 289 296 278 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 1,120 Write 594 Mixed 562 SusWrite 304 143% 645 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 40.8 143% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 748 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 375 303% 444 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 214%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 289GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 156 166 173 175 175 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 328 Write 243 Mixed 254 SusWrite 158 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 41.3 134% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 153 115% 155 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 129%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 176GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 87 87 89 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 123 Write 107 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 86.7 71% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 39GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 48 48 48 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 73 Write 25.2 Mixed 41.1 SusWrite 47.7 35% 46.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 40%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 823GB free Firmware: 05.01A05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 114 116 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 178 Write 92.9 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 113 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.8 202% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 83.6% 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	435x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	319x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: $999

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16