Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '18 at 00:05
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 464 56% 428 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 133 Reflection 139 Parallax 130 108% 134 fps	Gravity 129 Splatting 104 102% 117 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 132 134 135 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 347 Write 147 Mixed 191 SusWrite 132 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 29.3 115% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 147 113% 155 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 87%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 60GB free Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.8 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 104 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 65%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 489GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 93 94 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 92 Write 89.5 Mixed 90 SusWrite 93.8 68% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 77%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16