Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.1% 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	98.7% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '20 at 23:17
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 226 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 475 64% 475 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Lighting 26.8 Reflection 31.4 Parallax 31.7 22% 30 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 26.5 Splatting 34.6 26% 30.6 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 483GB free (System drive) Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 431 444 444 444 434 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 429 Mixed 396 SusWrite 434 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 37.1 135% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 354 243% 299 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 830GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 144 143 144 144 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 140 Mixed 88.9 SusWrite 144 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. 4x4GB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.6% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.6 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 65%

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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%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	247x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	241x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 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	19x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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