Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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 (26%). 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110627
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '21 at 05:53
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 409 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 148 Parallax 148 110% 144 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 141 Splatting 123 105% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 279 234 202 187 172 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 487 Write 423 Mixed 380 SusWrite 241 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 39.1 133% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 39.4 94% 198 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 124%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 320GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 81 80 83 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 86.5 Write 82.3 Mixed 62 SusWrite 81.2 58% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 52%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 699GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 193 192 188 193 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 76 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 192 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-440.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-440.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

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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 $185Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	83x

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	54x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369