Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.13% 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	104% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110815
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 06:30
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 197 80% 135 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 435 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 83F3) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.13% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 7.69 Parallax 8.84 7% 8.23 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 9.83 Splatting 10.6 8% 9.69 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.13% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 869GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 437 442 449 427 407 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 451 Mixed 422 SusWrite 414 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 42.9 150% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 44.7 103% 213 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 125%
WD WD3200AVVS-63L2B0 320GB 8,287 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 151GB free Firmware: 01.03A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 49 57 61 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 44.3 Write 54.3 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 54 33% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 242GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 73 73 72 73 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 71.3 Write 51.8 Mixed 43 SusWrite 71.1 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 43%
WD WD3200AACS-00ZUB0 320GB 309 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 15GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 60 61 61 60 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 62.3 Write 62.5 Mixed 47 SusWrite 59.7 43% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 43%
Samsung HD400LJ 400GB-$85 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 367GB free Firmware: ZZ100-15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 76 62 76 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 77.5 Write 69.8 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 72.5 50% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 41%
BUFFALO External HDD 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 174GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	0.67% Terrible	Read 4 Write 3.3 Mixed 3.8 SusWrite 0.4 4% 2.88 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.67% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 2x4GB 7,477 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.9% 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%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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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 $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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $989

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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