Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '16 at 17:20
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 590 66% 518 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Lighting 91.6 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 79.2 75% 87 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 71.2 63% 77.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3299 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 782 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 63 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11040036590	104% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 444 Mixed 473 107% 480 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 41.2 128% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 143 166% 285 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 62GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3175 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 740 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8196050736	92% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 413 Mixed 427 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 25.8 107% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 124 143% 247 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 133%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 32GB free Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12560 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3561 (B1) Unknown 93 93 237 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 157 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18866378617	49.9% Average	Read 326 Write 212 Mixed 258 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 17.4 65% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 66.2 DQ Mixed 46.5 46% 73.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 76%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 27GB free Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12496 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3557 (B1) Unknown 96 96 141 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 157 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11145448750	50.2% Above average	Read 327 Write 213 Mixed 260 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 17.7 66% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 64.4 DQ Mixed 47.8 46% 73.5 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 76%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 32GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 103 Mixed 99.2 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 4.32 4K Mixed 0.79 199% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 1,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 18.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 64%

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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	702x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	378x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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 $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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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