Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140902
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '21 at 07:56
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3450S-$130 1,491 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 375 51% 377 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.43% Terrible	Lighting 1.9 Reflection 0.4 Parallax 1.6 2% 1.3 fps	MRender 2.4 Gravity 1.3 Splatting 1 1% 1.57 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.43% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 753GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPRB SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 34 38 26 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 25 Write 24.8 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 34.6 20% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.1 86% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 65%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 22 7.8 8.4 8.4 9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	6.64% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 43 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 12.6 14% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 6.64% Great: 60%
iXpand Flash Drive 256GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 125GB free, PID cffa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 9.2 9 9.1 8.6 8.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	9.3% Terrible	Read 32 Write 6.5 Mixed 11.8 SusWrite 8.9 16% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 61% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.3% Great: 31%
JetFlash TS16GJF220 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 1177 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 7.5 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	6% Terrible	Read 19.8 Write 3.8 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 7.3 10% 8.92 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.3 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

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	434x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	318x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	95x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	58x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,003

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16