Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.9% 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	50.1% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120206
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 19:33
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 173 73% 121 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 494 51% 414 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.9% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 26.3 Parallax 45.5 29% 35.8 fps	MRender 25.7 Gravity 34.5 Splatting 33 26% 31.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 108 108 103 104 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.1% Above average	Read 200 Write 142 Mixed 173 SusWrite 106 35% 155 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 26 98% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 140 102% 131 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 83%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 105 105 106 106 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 131 Write 128 Mixed 105 SusWrite 105 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 476GB free Firmware: 0604 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 28.2 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 18.3 19% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 103%
WD Elements 2621 2TB 11,378 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 32 Write 25.7 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 16.3 32% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.1 91% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.7 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 76%

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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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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 $94Bench 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 $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