Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22% 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	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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 01:13
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 above expectations (71^st percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 169 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 429 45% 363 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Gigabyte(1458 21FD) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22% Poor	Lighting 27.7 Reflection 22.4 Parallax 25.8 22% 25.3 fps	MRender 21.6 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 29.8 21% 25 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 33GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21802 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 619 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 61891 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 15161983 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 3981228462 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	30.1% Below average	Read 186 Write 39.4 Mixed 67.9 21% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 6.73 58% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 40.4 DQ Mixed 44 44% 73.3 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 36%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7575 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1696 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1627 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 636 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1059 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1029 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.1% Good	Read 138 Write 72 Mixed 106 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.13 41% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,808 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.3% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 9.4 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

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 $179	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