Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	48.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '18 at 13:41
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 95.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 178 78% 129 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 569 54% 446 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3723) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 111 Parallax 102 87% 107 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 92.3 Splatting 95 77% 93.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 85 79 83 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 154 Write 117 Mixed 128 SusWrite 82.5 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 25 107% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 65.8 60% 91.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 61%
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 37GB free Firmware: X31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 114 125 123 123 127 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.5% Good	Read 260 Write 228 Mixed 199 SusWrite 130 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 31.9 112% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 184 140% 189 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 93%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 27GB free Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 321 325 316 328 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 334 Write 322 Mixed 288 SusWrite 322 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 30.2 116% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 101 122% 212 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 159%
Maxtor 7L250S0 251GB-$91 346 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 66GB free Firmware: BANC1E00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 53 52 53 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 39 Write 50.2 Mixed 30 SusWrite 52.2 32% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 77%

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

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	702x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	378x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	124x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	111x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	61x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	76x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	70x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	67x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $989

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 $179	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