Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '19 at 04:10
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (80^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 185 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 467 50% 398 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1261) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 88.9 82% 93.5 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 87.8 Splatting 77.6 72% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 57GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 241 286 297 297 297 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 462 Mixed 406 SusWrite 295 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 44.2 142% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 360 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 124%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 58 62 57 75 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 74.2 Write 65.7 Mixed 54 SusWrite 64.8 48% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 61%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 916GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 102 104 104 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 99.2 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 103 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 96%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 114GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 48 49 49 50 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 45.5 Write 45.2 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 48.6 33% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G F3-12800CL9-4GBXL KHX1600C10D3/4G F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

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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%

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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	703x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	380x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 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 $51Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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