Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.7% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '19 at 01:27
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 185 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 467 51% 405 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3006) 3GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Lighting 52 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 65.7 42% 50.8 fps	MRender 32.9 Gravity 50.6 Splatting 42.6 35% 42 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 456GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 434 434 431 438 435 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 448 Mixed 441 SusWrite 433 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 43 140% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 363 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 645GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 143 141 140 140 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 341 Write 230 Mixed 274 SusWrite 141 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 35.3 115% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 124 94% 125 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 64GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 289 238 272 227 218 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 461 Write 290 Mixed 188 SusWrite 259 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 25.5 98% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 64 96% 185 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 89%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 116 114 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 139 Write 114 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 114 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 85%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 259GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 109 106 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 97 Mixed 51 SusWrite 108 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 109%

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 1333 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 77%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

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 $94Bench 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 $300	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