Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55% 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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '19 at 13:30
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 450 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 83.3 Parallax 72.9 64% 78.4 fps	MRender 80.2 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 66.7 60% 73.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 138 137 136 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	55% Above average	Read 319 Write 217 Mixed 217 SusWrite 136 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 28.3 93% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 87 72% 103 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 116%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 360GB free Firmware: P061 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 136 135 134 135 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 323 Write 226 Mixed 226 SusWrite 135 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 21.3 70% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 94.6 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 100 76% 100 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 105%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 142 142 142 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 140 Write 142 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 142 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 192 193 194 193 192 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 178 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 193 117% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 1.6 362% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 136%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 116 130 120 143 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 87.3 Write 141 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 131 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 80% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C11 4x4GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 24 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 22.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 22.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 72%

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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	433x
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	102x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,018

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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