Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.5% 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	37.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 13:23
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 178 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 327 46% 338 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% XFX(1682 3222) 3GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.5% Very poor	Lighting 22.5 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 28.4 18% 22.4 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 20.9 Splatting 20.1 16% 19 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 59 60 61 60 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 94.8 Write 102 Mixed 100 SusWrite 61.4 20% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 22.5 86% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 89.4 DQ Write 92.5 DQ Mixed 61.4 54% 81.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 61%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 6GB free Firmware: B359 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 805 Write 674 Mixed 474 144% 651 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 47.7 165% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 559 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 277 280% 453 MB/s
Poor: 86% Great: 144%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 15GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 52 53 52 57 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 53.5 Write 51 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 53.5 36% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 43%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 1,055 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 11GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 20 20 20 27 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 23.3 Write 23.5 Mixed 22 SusWrite 21.9 31% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0 37% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 15.1 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 63%

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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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Gaming 36%

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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 $90Bench 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 $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