Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	107% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '20 at 14:45
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 594 67% 523 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon HD 5570 12,172 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Sapphire(174B E142) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1055.0 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	4.79% Terrible	Lighting 6.17 Reflection 6.85 Parallax 5.09 5% 6.04 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 4.33 Splatting 5.65 4% 5.25 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.79% Great: 5%
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 303 303 306 305 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 465 Mixed 443 SusWrite 311 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 46 170% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 368 277% 371 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 915GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 135 137 135 134 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 160 Write 169 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 134 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 114%
Samsung MMCRE64G5MPP-0VA 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 30GB free Firmware: VAM0501Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 67 66 73 67 72 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 41%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$69 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 387GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 56 57 57 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 58.8 Write 52.8 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 56.1 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 859B BLS4G3D169DS3J.8FE 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 859B BLS4G3D169DS3J.8FE 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.5% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 59%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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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 $184Bench 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	54x

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

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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