Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	87.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 23:14
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 90.6 2-Core 156 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 306 35% 275 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FD7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 93.9 Parallax 107 88% 103 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 105 Splatting 85.2 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 512GB SSD 512GB 10,530 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.3.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 149 164 163 164 159 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 331 Write 214 Mixed 248 SusWrite 157 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 29.6 103% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 150 113% 152 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 313%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 264GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 71 73 71 74 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 75.5 Write 69.5 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 72.2 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 175GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 66 66 67 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 66 Write 67.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 65.9 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 57%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 103GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 55 60 58 55 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 72 Write 84 Mixed 31 SusWrite 57.2 44% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 75%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 2,149 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 30GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 22 23 23 22 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 22.5 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 21.7 32% 24 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.9 180% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX 04CB KHX1600C10D3/8G 04CB 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.7% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns

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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	702x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	378x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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