Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	143% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '22 at 13:20
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 184 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 458 47% 381 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Device(7377 2000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	143% Outstanding	Lighting 210 Reflection 190 Parallax 186 171% 195 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 144 Splatting 125 120% 150 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct500mx5 0 500GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 164 170 163 197 183 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 327 Write 228 Mixed 257 SusWrite 170 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 33.7 114% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 118 90% 122 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 119%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 567GB free Firmware: LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 128 130 132 128 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 55.3 Write 81.4 Mixed 48.1 SusWrite 127 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 71%
WD WD20SPZX-11CRAT0 2TB 18,166 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 16GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 96 109 65 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 91.5 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 80.3 60% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.4 157% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 76%
Seagate BUP Portable 5TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 56GB free, PID ac39 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 69 69 70 67 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 96.3 Write 104 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 67.2 112% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 184% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 55%

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 1067 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.4% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.7 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 77%

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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	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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $999

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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