Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '16 at 14:00
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 100 2-Core 197 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 380 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1556) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 9.75 9% 11.6 fps	MRender 15.9 Gravity 12 Splatting 15.7 12% 14.5 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4546 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 113 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 184 184 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1348 (C2) HDA temperature 81 49 219043987475 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	74.6% Very good	Read 436 Write 471 Mixed 494 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 19.4 89% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 54.8 DQ Mixed 19.2 20% 31.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 187GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 168 2033 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3081 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2186 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 585 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2496 (C2) HDA temperature 122 91 21 (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	77.5% Very good	Read 165 Write 106 Mixed 101 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 178GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 178 1883 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 101429 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1774 (BF) G-sense error rate 75 75 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 411 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 358170 (C2) HDA temperature 129 83 18 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	57.4% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 100 Mixed 99.8 75% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.15 76% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 63%
WD WD2500JD-00HBB0 250GB-$140 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 100GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 123 113 6350 (04) Start/Stop count 64 64 36187 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 11 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 43908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 67 67 33744 (C2) HDA temperature 123 95 27 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 1683 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	15.8% Very poor	Read 22.5 Write 32.4 Mixed 25.4 20% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.38 78% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 33%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 87GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 133 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2514 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13802 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1610 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 314 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2514 (C2) HDA temperature 117 88 26 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 84 84 12003 (F1) Unknown 200 200 14014321436 (F2) Unknown 200 200 13391583896	47.8% Average	Read 85.6 Write 80.5 Mixed 81.6 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x2GB 567 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.6 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 63%

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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	252x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16