Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.64% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '21 at 12:24
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 87.9 2-Core 193 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 368 48% 361 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.64% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 2.4 Parallax 1.5 2% 1.9 fps	MRender 2.5 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 2.4 2% 2.4 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.64% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 426GB free Firmware: ECFM12.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1034 595 595 589 593 583 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 964 Write 1,085 Mixed 983 SusWrite 665 208% 924 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.1 190% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 803 DQ Write 625 DQ Mixed 722 538% 717 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 262%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 166 164 157 92 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 456 Write 257 Mixed 189 SusWrite 146 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 17.6 90% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 60.4 DQ Mixed 70.8 68% 112 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 119GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 136 132 136 148 134 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 143 Write 94.5 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 136 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	24.1"	1280 720	DELA026 DELL2407WFPHC

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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 $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 $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 $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