Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.8% 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	98.9% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '20 at 16:40
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (45^th 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 91.2 2-Core 182 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 330 45% 335 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 35.1 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 42.2 29% 36.3 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 29.1 Splatting 37 26% 31.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 388 392 397 399 400 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 421 Mixed 296 SusWrite 395 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 36.2 139% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 285 232% 328 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 117%
Hitachi HUS724030ALA640 3TB 2,302 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: MF8OAC50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 39 38 39 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 48.7 Write 154 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 38.2 50% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 94%
Apricorn SATAWire 6G 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 592GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 37 38 30 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 76.5 Mixed 40 SusWrite 35.1 66% 45.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 35% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 200%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.3% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 65%

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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	703x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	380x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16