Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	22.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '19 at 02:23
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 243 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 464 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 157 Parallax 148 128% 154 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 147 Splatting 116 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 451 Write 449 Mixed 388 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 54.9 166% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 238 215% 327 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 94GB free Firmware: 3.CHN SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 71 71 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	36% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 23.8 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 70.3 35% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 44%
WD WD1501FASS-00U0B 1.5TB 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 74GB free Firmware: 01.00101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 95 95 95 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 74 SusWrite 94.8 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 224% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 3,582 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63% 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%

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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