Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.6% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '20 at 07:45
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (97^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 581 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1523 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 116 87% 112 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 89.9 77% 94.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk P4 8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 7GB free Firmware: SSD 8.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 28 29 29 28 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 134 Write 28.4 Mixed 33.9 SusWrite 27.8 12% 56 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 7.6 30% 8.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 17%
Skhynix SC300 HFS256G32MND-3210A 256GB 506 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20131P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 347 320 324 342 341 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 377 Mixed 331 SusWrite 340 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 36.7 132% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 267 206% 286 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 98%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 153GB free Firmware: AX101U SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 65 65 64 65 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 65 56% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 62%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 76GB free Firmware: AX001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 72 72 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 62.2 Mixed 27.9 SusWrite 71.2 42% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 21.1 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 21.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 72%

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Gaming 23%

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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 $188Bench 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 $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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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