Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.4% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '20 at 12:30
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 441 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1543 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.02 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 105 85% 108 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 93 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk P4 8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 7GB free Firmware: SSD 8.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 27 28 28 27 27 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 139 Write 27.5 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 27.1 12% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 7.7 31% 8.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 17%
Skhynix SC300 HFS256G32MND-3210A 256GB 506 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20131P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 291 336 301 331 337 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 370 Mixed 326 SusWrite 307 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 36.9 128% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 275 227% 327 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 98%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 125GB free Firmware: AX101U SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 65 66 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 65.8 56% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 62%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 116GB free Firmware: AX001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 91 92 93 92 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 78.3 Write 78.3 Mixed 29 SusWrite 91.9 50% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 23.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 72%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	247x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	243x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	61x
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
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	28x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	28x

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	19x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16