Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '22 at 15:41
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 54.1 2-Core 180 63% 108 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 345 46% 345 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PowerColor(148C 2378) CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.30.23.01 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 92.9 56% 74.8 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 47.5 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 56%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$62 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 316 322 319 307 302 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 382 Write 360 Mixed 324 SusWrite 319 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 41.7 134% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44.9 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 61 52% 73.4 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.3 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 62%

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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	703x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	378x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 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 $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16