Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 20:54
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 591 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 192 Parallax 176 143% 181 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 175 Splatting 118 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 299GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 181 198 192 190 173 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 336 Write 236 Mixed 260 SusWrite 188 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 37.7 134% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 155 116% 156 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 133%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 47GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 145 122 145 143 117 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.9% Above average	Read 234 Write 177 Mixed 181 SusWrite 137 41% 182 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 25.8 106% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 165 127% 172 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 83%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 179GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 58 61 60 61 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 57 Write 57.7 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 59.8 41% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 35%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 423GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 123 122 121 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 125 Write 121 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 122 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 128 133 137 126 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 141 Write 136 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 132 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 75%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 468GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 159 163 163 161 157 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 141 Write 144 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 161 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $196Bench 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