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 as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '19 at 14:55
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 186 76% 127 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 520 52% 422 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 84 64 75 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 352 Write 176 Mixed 200 SusWrite 86.3 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 13.7 68% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 58.8 61% 101 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 107GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 67 65 67 68 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 79 Write 79 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 65.7 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 75%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 235GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 61 89 90 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.7 Mixed 69 SusWrite 84.5 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 65%
Lacie d2 Quadra v3C 2TB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 214GB free Firmware: 051E SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 25 Mixed 23 SusWrite 28.8 20% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 102%

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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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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	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16