Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '19 at 00:48
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 217 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 478 64% 478 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 2773) 3GB CLim: 960 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.12.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Lighting 42.5 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 52.9 35% 42.1 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 38.4 30% 35.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 256GB-$129 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 287 289 297 296 297 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 492 Write 298 Mixed 286 SusWrite 293 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 31.5 107% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 198 174% 261 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 99%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 119GB free Firmware: 5.20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 122 123 120 120 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 376 Write 151 Mixed 198 SusWrite 122 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 30.7 108% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 151 115% 155 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 86%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 72 72 73 72 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 72.2 Write 69.8 Mixed 49 SusWrite 72 48% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 61%

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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	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 $273	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 $179	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