Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.4% 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	80% 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

7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '23 at 05:42
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 186 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 447 49% 386 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B 186B) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 23.8 Reflection 26.8 Parallax 23.3 19% 24.6 fps	MRender 22.2 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 17.8 17% 20.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 422 403 413 424 419 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 282 Write 332 Mixed 317 SusWrite 415 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 13.6 97% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 93.7 141% 268 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SRT4G86U1-H9H 2x4GB 267 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 1: 0P 0R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
1%	9%	11	192	58	60	18.9"	1440 900	HWP26A5 Compaq WF1907

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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	705x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	382x
Core i7-2600Intel $161Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	124x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	112x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x
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	71x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	67x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16