Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '20 at 06:25
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (57^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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 170 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 280 39% 289 Pts	64-Core 317 20% 317 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.4% Poor	Lighting 37.8 Reflection 27 Parallax 47 31% 37.3 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 36.7 Splatting 33.8 27% 32.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 119 112 110 116 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 457 Write 430 Mixed 364 SusWrite 148 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 40.1 131% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 359 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 193 195 195 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 142 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 195 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-433.A00LF 2x4GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 15.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 13.3 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 62%

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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 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	246x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	241x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	60x
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
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	28x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x

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	18x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

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 $40	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