Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	27.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 06:07
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 221 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 576 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 79 Parallax 68.5 64% 75.3 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 74.7 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 37 36 42 31 30 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	27.9% Poor	Read 236 Write 72.7 Mixed 121 SusWrite 36.2 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 10.1 56% 13.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 83%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 78GB free Firmware: 0007 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 115 126 121 132 124 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	7.27% Terrible	Read 1.5 Write 85 Mixed 2.2 SusWrite 117 12% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 0% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 7.27% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 283GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 77 117 105 138 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 15.7 Write 63.2 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 112 40% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 63%

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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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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 $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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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