Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	44.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '21 at 10:05
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3450-$59 34,199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 93.3 2-Core 184 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 347 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 332 21% 332 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Palit(1569 11C6) 1GB CLim: 928 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Lighting 16.1 Reflection 17.4 Parallax 21.7 13% 18.4 fps	MRender 21.5 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 15.9 16% 19.5 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ramsta S SD S800 240GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: RY25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 120 99 82 62 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 306 Write 221 Mixed 219 SusWrite 99.9 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 10.2 73% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 95.8 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 15 37% 76.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$24 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 357GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 122 137 149 162 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 187 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 133 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 114%
JMicron Tech 500GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 39GB free, PID 0576 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 24 23 25 35 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	9.3% Terrible	Read 16.3 Write 13.3 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 27.5 24% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.1 14% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.3% Great: 200%
JMicron Tech 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 792GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 34 52 85 83 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16% Very poor	Read 17.7 Write 30.4 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 54.6 46% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 24% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 192%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-036.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/4G 8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 58%

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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	319x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	95x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,003

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16