Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '18 at 23:26
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 193 78% 131 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 513 57% 449 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 79.7 Reflection 83.5 Parallax 72.7 65% 78.6 fps	Gravity 75.9 Splatting 78.1 68% 77 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron 256GB-$255 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 250 226 196 228 302 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 453 Write 187 Mixed 315 SusWrite 248 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 23.9 91% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 252 213% 310 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 97%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 111GB free Firmware: 5.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 147 149 148 150 147 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 145 Write 186 Mixed 171 SusWrite 149 37% 163 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 27 105% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 107 99% 154 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 67%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 691GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 114 113 110 118 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 113 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 65%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB 1,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free, PID a0a4 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 26.8 Write 12.3 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 25.4 27% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 68% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 72%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 32GB 262 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 26GB free, PID 0306 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 21 21 19 21 21 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 84.5 Write 22.3 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 20.3 41% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.5 108% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	246x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	241x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	61x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	28x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	18x

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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