Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '21 at 07:59
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	37%

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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 96.8 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 164 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 431 44% 356 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,198 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Palit(1569 2204) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 461.40 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	0.82% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 1 Parallax 1 1% 1 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 1 Splatting 1 1% 1 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 0.82% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$81 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 247 182 172 189 186 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 393 Write 397 Mixed 333 SusWrite 213 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 29.3 112% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 188 180% 283 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 100%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 441GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 161 161 163 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 111 Mixed 26 SusWrite 162 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.1 378% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991997 (996997) 4x4GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 24 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 19.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 88%

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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 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	705x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	381x
Core i7-2600Intel $170Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	124x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	112x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	61x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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	71x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	67x

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Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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