Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '22 at 15:14
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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-$129 128,251 User benchmarks, average bench 75% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 88 2-Core 179 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 475 50% 388 Pts	64-Core 473 32% 473 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$330 182,462 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Legend(17AA 2088) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3825 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 125 Parallax 144 113% 137 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 111 Splatting 96 94% 118 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 770,272 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 211 215 210 211 209 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58% Above average	Read 236 Write 204 Mixed 174 SusWrite 210 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 26.5 87% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 170 133% 184 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 131%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,431 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 89GB free Firmware: 1.3.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 131 132 132 133 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 305 Write 148 Mixed 188 SusWrite 128 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 28.4 100% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 146 114% 157 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 83%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$170 76,787 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 78GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 132 121 134 132 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 341 Write 228 Mixed 222 SusWrite 134 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 35 116% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 149 111% 148 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 116%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,305 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 894GB free Firmware: 06.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 99 101 101 100 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 97 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 99.5 70% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 73%
Hitachi HTS725032A7E630 320GB-$80 9,598 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 290GB free Firmware: GHBOA440 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 109 109 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 108 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 4,416 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.8 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 36: 4R 4G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
36%	18%	66	256	171	60	7.2"	1920 1080	GSM0001 LG TV

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $129Bench 75%, 128,251 samples	1,737x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 74%, 146,754 samples	1,037x
Core i7-2600Intel $150Bench 72%, 174,023 samples	255x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $125Bench 50%, 823,201 samples	270x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,449,936 samples	260x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,295,591 samples	168x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 770,272 samples	154x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $92Bench 104%, 866,902 samples	137x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 807,368 samples	130x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 68,887 samples	189x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 33,393 samples	182x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 21,106 samples	149x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $724

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $260	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $155	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $118
Intel Core i7-12700K $350	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $67	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16