Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% 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.

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

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '23 at 23:51
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 419 54% 411 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 04A1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 37.7 Reflection 36.3 Parallax 41.8 31% 38.6 fps	MRender 29.9 Gravity 32.5 Splatting 23.9 23% 28.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 428 433 471 469 469 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 424 Mixed 387 SusWrite 445 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 44.7 151% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 348 267% 363 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$56 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 742GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 114 116 115 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 120 Write 110 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 115 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 76%

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 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.5% 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	700x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	377x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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