Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.5% 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	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '16 at 16:49
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 434 57% 430 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% PowerColor(148C 2350) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Lighting 50 Reflection 53.2 Parallax 60 41% 54.4 fps	MRender 51.4 Gravity 46.1 Splatting 40.3 37% 46 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 293GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2807 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12902138034 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 42 180389806111 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 360779874388 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 849 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3397 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2559 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2745 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.9% Very good	Read 480 Write 320 Mixed 327 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 20.1 88% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 52.4 97% 196 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 570GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 211 164 4433 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3192 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20809 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2357 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1356 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 213056 (C2) HDA temperature 120 106 30 (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	41.8% Average	Read 74.6 Write 70.8 Mixed 79.6 57% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 1,904 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 61%

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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 36%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	250x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	198x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	63x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $526

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 $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) $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