Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110624
Uptime	18.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '20 at 22:15
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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)	77.7% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 99 2-Core 188 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 473 52% 410 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1584) 3GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Lighting 27.9 Reflection 42.9 Parallax 34.6 23% 35.1 fps	MRender 42.1 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 32 26% 32 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 20GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 118 104 116 115 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 376 Write 142 Mixed 190 SusWrite 113 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 30 109% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 155 116% 155 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 82%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 75 63 62 62 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 63 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 112%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 394GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 53 52 29 46 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 89.7 Write 87.8 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 43.8 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 62%
WD WD60EZAZ-00ZGHB0 6TB 1,497 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 154 159 155 157 155 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 180GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 99 100 96 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 70.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 98 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 63%

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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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Desktop 78%

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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