Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.7% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 23:51
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 163 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 457 45% 369 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1572) 1.2GB CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 975 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Lighting 26.9 Reflection 41 Parallax 30.2 22% 32.7 fps	MRender 40.3 Gravity 22.1 Splatting 27.7 24% 30 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MN6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 69 83 84 89 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 124 Write 115 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 83.7 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 10GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 100 102 93 84 79 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 49.6 SusWrite 93.7 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 75%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 144 147 147 150 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 142 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 146 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 85%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 64GB-$10 783 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 27GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 24 24 24 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 24.3 Mixed 23 SusWrite 24.4 34% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 73% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 38%
Plugable USB3-SATA-U3 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 951GB free, PID 55aa SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 139 142 141 142 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 138 Write 133 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 138 161% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 57%
Seagate GoFlex Desk 3TB 555 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1TB free, PID 50a5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 92 96 96 96 97 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 86.8 Write 36.8 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 91.3 95% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 78% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.1% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 63%

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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	703x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	380x
Core i7-2600Intel $208Bench 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 $51Bench 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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Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16