Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	12.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 15:51
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 497 53% 424 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5161 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.01% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 1.9 Parallax 2.7 3% 2.8 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 4 3% 3.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.01% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 247 250 237 244 217 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	79.5% Very good	Read 255 Write 241 Mixed 233 SusWrite 240 55% 242 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 44.7 146% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 198 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 134%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 44GB free Firmware: 21.07QR4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 63 62 64 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 65.4 Write 78.4 Mixed 43.1 SusWrite 63.1 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 47%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 220GB free Firmware: GKAOA70M Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 58.1 Mixed 37.9 36% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 46%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 49GB free Firmware: 21.07QR4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 55 64 66 72 71 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 69.6 Write 74.1 Mixed 42 SusWrite 65.8 46% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 47%
WD WD5001ABYS-01YNA0 500GB 1,077 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 73GB free Firmware: 59.01D01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 50 50 50 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 46.8 Write 50.1 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 49.1 35% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C11-8GXM 04CD F3-2400C11-4GXM 04CD F3-2400C11-8GXM 04CD F3-2400C11-4GXM 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2200, 2200, 2200, 2200 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.3% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 15.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 14.6 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 78%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	246x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	241x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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 $130Bench 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	18x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

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