Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 00:46
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 95.3 2-Core 178 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 473 53% 414 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.2.3 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 69.1 Reflection 62.9 Parallax 92.8 56% 74.9 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 48.6 50% 62.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 57 59 61 62 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 72.8 Write 75.5 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 60 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 304GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 86 91 94 93 93 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 109 Write 104 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 91 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 131% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 75%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 12GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 114 114 117 115 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 96.5 Write 95 Mixed 53 SusWrite 116 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 46GB free Firmware: MJAOA3B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 113 117 117 118 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 93.5 Write 92.7 Mixed 20 SusWrite 117 58% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Game Drive Xbox 8TB 760 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 30 30 29 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 26 Write 22.5 Mixed 24 SusWrite 29.2 19% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.5 167% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 76%

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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 $192Bench 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 $269	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