Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.04% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '16 at 19:53
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 100 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 473 54% 420 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 3650 4,070 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 01DA) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.04% Terrible	Lighting 2.43 Reflection 4.62 Parallax 1.19 2% 2.75 fps	MRender 2.62 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 3.74 2% 2.49 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.04% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -43026981454195 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 197 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 260011 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 260011 (F2) Unknown 100 100 434404 (F9) Unknown 100 100 11283	55.6% Above average	Read 441 Write 102 Mixed 177 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 11 88% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 9.52 46% 105 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 80%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 26.5 Mixed 28.3 22% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 4.15 4K Mixed 0.62 158% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 66%
WD WD3200AVBS-63TAA0 320GB 371 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 195GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 154 4941 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1592 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51441 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 275 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1592 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36% Below average	Read 68 Write 57.1 Mixed 68.4 49% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 43%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 1,009 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 1607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	7.11% Terrible	Read 21.1 Write 11.7 Mixed 14.5 19% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.08 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 24% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.11% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-400.A00LF 2x4GB 836 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 62%

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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	700x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	377x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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