Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120217
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '16 at 20:58
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 191 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 490 54% 428 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 109% 119 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 90.1 77% 95.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11511 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1050 (B1) Unknown 90 90 330 (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 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 176 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24573018831	57.3% Above average	Read 267 Write 253 Mixed 255 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 19 88% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 18.5 41% 78 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 53038976 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3856 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 178505207 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1533 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 12 12 88 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 571801634 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 260 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 60196 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 30064771106 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -118936234349231 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -2329483882723 (F2) Unknown 100 253 116712258793627	96.2% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 163 Mixed 147 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 114%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 399GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 157 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4713 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3005 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 577 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4713 (C2) HDA temperature 117 86 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	59.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 103 Mixed 75.1 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	433x
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	102x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 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: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,069

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