Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.1% 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	104% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '16 at 04:03
Run Duration	344 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 189 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 362 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2382) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Lighting 21 Reflection 25.2 Parallax 19.1 17% 21.8 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 23.4 20% 24.6 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7343 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 27 (B1) Unknown 98 98 29 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4759469552	104% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 415 Mixed 415 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 37.8 140% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 111 143% 259 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 14GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29494 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (E8) Unknown 100 100 20268943174 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	90.4% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 353 Mixed 385 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 32.4 122% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 120 148% 260 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 478GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 213294896 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1318 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 53 40 429517769221 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 135 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 120897863710 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 57802 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 38706245294907 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24846005243 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19253071819	88.8% Excellent	Read 165 Write 145 Mixed 134 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 113%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 293GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8075 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5083 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 36 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69% Good	Read 141 Write 98.7 Mixed 89.6 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.39 116% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 85%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 692GB free, PID 2322 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 28.1 Write 24.2 Mixed 25.8 33% 26 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.27 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 52%
Seagate Expansion 1.5TB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 161GB free, PID 2321 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 29.1 Write 24.5 Mixed 25.3 33% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.23 59% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 47%
ASMedia AS2115 400GB 123GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.7% Very poor	Read 29.8 Write 24.3 Mixed 9.11 24% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.25 65% 0.77 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 62%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	434x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	318x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	95x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	58x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,003

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 $45	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