Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.2% 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	85.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '20 at 11:45
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 194 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 380 52% 384 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E174) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.2 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 14.5 14% 15 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 17.3 12% 13.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba- TR200 240GB 359 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 181 158 171 170 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 460 Write 218 Mixed 372 SusWrite 197 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 35.5 132% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 219 196% 294 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%
NT-1TB 1TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 346GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 205 211 226 226 226 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 227 Write 209 Mixed 191 SusWrite 220 287% 212 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 24.5 4K Mixed 24.1 1,740% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 23.2 DQ Mixed 17.1 1,463% 21.7 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 281%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 11,344 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 19.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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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 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	245x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	241x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	60x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	28x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	18x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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