Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	82.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '19 at 14:49
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 90.7 2-Core 170 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 463 48% 384 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460 SE 3,122 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Asus(1043 837B) 1GB CLim: 660 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Lighting 12.3 Reflection 14.7 Parallax 10.6 10% 12.5 fps	MRender 16.7 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 14.5 12% 14.5 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM04B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 296 312 291 252 225 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 455 Write 332 Mixed 254 SusWrite 274 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 30.1 108% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 117 144% 255 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 582GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 118 116 120 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 97.2 Write 109 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 117 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.4 242% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-149.A01LF 2x4GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.1% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 7.3 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 64%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical P8Z68-V Builds (Compare 825 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	248x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	243x
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 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 $140Bench 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	19x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16