Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '20 at 03:06
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (85^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 192 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 468 53% 415 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 65.8 62% 73.1 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 71.5 57% 69.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,861 Write 3,625 Mixed 4,152 937% 4,213 MB/s	4K Read 325 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 227 887% 249 MB/s	DQ Read 793 DQ Write 521 DQ Mixed 634 479% 649 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD WD3000HLHX-01JJPV0 300GB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 113GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 129 133 132 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 145 Write 137 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 132 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.3 251% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 79%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 22.5 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 25.9 34% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 029E CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 029E CMX16GX3M2A1333C9 029E CMX16GX3M2A1333C9 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.4% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 11.3 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 12.7 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 51%

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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%

Jet ski

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 $109Bench 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 $295	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