Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	90.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 23 months ago, 4 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '22 at 11:21
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 459 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 187 Parallax 197 141% 185 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 181 Splatting 124 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 318 394 418 430 425 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 406 Mixed 367 SusWrite 373 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 35.8 123% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 189 154% 227 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 125%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 405GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 124 124 123 123 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 98.7 Write 112 Mixed 62 SusWrite 122 72% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 1,230 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 168GB free, PID 2312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 75 75 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 75.1 Write 15.2 Mixed 39.6 SusWrite 75.1 65% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,755 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 73%

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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 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	246x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	241x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	82x

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	53x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	18x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

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