Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.83% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	7.9 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 17 '20 at 10:00
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 556 60% 476 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.3% 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)	4.83% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 6.88 Parallax 5.06 5% 6.05 fps	MRender 5.81 Gravity 4.33 Splatting 5.78 4% 5.31 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.83% 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 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.35% Terrible	Lighting 2.57 Reflection 3.96 Parallax 1.72 2% 2.75 fps	MRender 3.81 Gravity 1.4 Splatting 4.74 3% 3.32 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.35% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 301 302 296 280 273 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 462 Mixed 434 SusWrite 293 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 60.3 196% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 253 222% 332 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 911GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 134 136 139 136 138 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 168 Write 162 Mixed 74 SusWrite 135 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 114%
Samsung MMCRE64G5MPP-0VA 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 30GB free Firmware: VAM0501Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 69 74 69 72 76 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 41%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 380GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 55 56 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 50.5 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 55.3 36% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.8% 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	54.2% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 59%

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

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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	247x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	243x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 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 $139Bench 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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16