Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '20 at 17:58
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 587 63% 500 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 153 Parallax 105 90% 123 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 83.3 76% 94.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 248 246 241 243 214 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 438 Write 240 Mixed 254 SusWrite 220 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 21.3 92% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 73.1 DQ Mixed 133 112% 170 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 500GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 70 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 101 Write 96.1 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 69.3 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 115GB free Firmware: 3.AD SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 64 63 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 63.9 Write 58.9 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 62.5 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C10 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 029E CML16GX3M2A1600C10 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 24GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 19.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

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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	252x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	199x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x
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	30x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16