Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110805
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 22:07
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 598 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7762 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3015 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16932582156
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate ST3160827AS 160GB-$70 1,727 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 107GB free Firmware: 3.42 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 60 46 119691150 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9768 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 209613662 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 48786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9839 (C2) HDA temperature 41 60 34359738409 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 46 119691150 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 17 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	23.1% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 40.6 Mixed 39.5 30% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.33 80% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 32%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 139GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 6225 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15773 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8104 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 584 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15774 (C2) HDA temperature 109 88 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 196 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 196 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 161 (C8) Write error rate 200 197 0	45.8% Average	Read 80 Write 79.3 Mixed 69 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 69%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 14GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 141 Write 79.4 Mixed 68.5 110% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.64 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 1.45 103% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,808 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 63%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	245x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	241x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	60x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	28x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	18x

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Total price: $795

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) $33	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