Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.8% 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	7.51% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '19 at 07:54
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$188 185,630 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 (98^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 190 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 502 51% 412 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 838C) 1GB CLim: 910 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.54 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.8% Terrible	Lighting 11 Reflection 13 Parallax 0.06 9% 8 fps	MRender 15.3 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 15 12% 13.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.8% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 49 6.3 24 25 26 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	7.51% Terrible	Read 105 Write 143 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 28.3 19% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.1 6% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 7.51% Great: 70%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 145 147 150 151 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 168 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 149 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 104%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$82 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 580GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 114 114 116 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 97.5 Write 89.3 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 114 68% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 88%
Seagate ST8000DM0004-1ZC11G 8TB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 7TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 206 215 216 215 216 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 36% Great: 104%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 141 144 145 145 144 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 141 Mixed 68 SusWrite 144 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 04CD F3-17000CL9-4GBXLD 04CD F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 04CD F3-17000CL9-4GBXLD 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.2% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 75%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	703x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	381x
Core i7-2600Intel $188Bench 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 $76Bench 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	71x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	67x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16