Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.71% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 20:56
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 420 59% 434 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gigabyte(1458 351A) 1GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.71% Terrible	Lighting 11.2 Reflection 16 Parallax 11.1 9% 12.8 fps	MRender 16.6 Gravity 12.4 Splatting 11.6 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.71% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 468 462 464 376 361 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 453 Mixed 425 SusWrite 433 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 46.1 167% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 369 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 216 213 219 220 218 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 27GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 100 103 103 102 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 101 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 72%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 65GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 68 69 68 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 60 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 68.9 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston 9905403-400.A00LF 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston 9905403-400.A00LF 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 62%

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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%

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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	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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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