Asus P8Z68-V LE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LE (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130909
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	May 11 '21 at 11:11
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 471 64% 478 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1130 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Lighting 91.5 Reflection 73.2 Parallax 122 75% 95.6 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 45.5 54% 67.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$30 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 121 107 128 138 146 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 188 Write 172 Mixed 75 SusWrite 123 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 164% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 940GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 182 181 185 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 138 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 181 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
General UDisk 8GB 7,759 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 7.2 6.9 7.3 7.1 6.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Read 22.4 Write 3 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 6.8 9% 9.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 10%
Generic Mass-Storage 32GB 2,578 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 25GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	8.9% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 16.4 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 14 21% 15.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.6 95% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8A-PB 4x4GB 377 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LE

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	183x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	132x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	58x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	40x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	39x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	34x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	20x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	16x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	14x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $443

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