Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28% 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	51.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '18 at 03:31
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 as expected (51^st percentile)	70% Good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 91.3 2-Core 177 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 506 44% 378 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3978) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 21.6 Parallax 10.9 28% 22.5 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 32.2 Splatting 31.2 27% 33.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 5 Volume 240GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 64 60 65 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 542 Write 63 Mixed 116 SusWrite 61.3 42% 195 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 13.2 4K Mixed 15.7 58% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 80.4 DQ Mixed 118 107% 170 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 141%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$58 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 574GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 129 130 131 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 123 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 129 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 76%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 761GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.5 5 6.4 2.9 2.6 6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 106 Write 3.2 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 5.2 23% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 83%
Initio ST31000528AS 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 47GB free, PID 1640 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 26 26 25 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.8% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 24.8 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 25.4 34% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 74% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 79%

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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	441x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	322x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	176x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	107x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	94x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	85x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	97x
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

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