Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.3% 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	71.3% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	16 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	7.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 13:36
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 202 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 505 50% 410 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 87% 107 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 90.1 76% 93.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 166 93 169 136 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 364 Write 128 Mixed 187 SusWrite 144 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 31.5 130% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 161 128% 181 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 88%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 231GB free Firmware: MU01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 236 77 68 67 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 335 Write 239 Mixed 110 SusWrite 126 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 27.8 93% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 56.9 DQ Mixed 122 87% 114 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 95%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 45GB free Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 229 229 231 232 232 MB/s Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.7% Good	Read 196 Write 228 Mixed 191 SusWrite 229 48% 211 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 18.5 110% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 96.3 94% 148 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 666GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 91 97 99 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 98.3 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 96.2 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 192GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 63 64 64 64 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 86.3 Write 89.5 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 64.4 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG 04CD F3-10666CL9-4GBXL 859B BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG 04CD F3-10666CL9-4GBXL 24GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.5% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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 $194Bench 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 $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