Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.29% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110815
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '17 at 00:26
Run Duration	372 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 194 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 485 54% 426 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 85%

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. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.29% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 3.88 Parallax 1.69 2% 2.69 fps	MRender 3.71 Gravity 1.37 Splatting 4.65 3% 3.24 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.29% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 89 89 12818815 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 -136863427821927 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 541 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 38 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12818815 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12818815 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12818815 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13771 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6040 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6040 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18262	62.2% Good	Read 505 Write 125 Mixed 201 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 14.1 95% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 35.3 59% 114 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 104GB free Firmware: 3.AHL Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3009 (05) Reallocated sector count 71 71 1192 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 238793931 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2938 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 60 336855060 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 64424509460 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 73 46 88733849 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 20550 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 20550 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.3% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 47.9 Mixed 61.9 44% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.33 83% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 40%
Seagate Backup+ BL 2TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 870GB free, PID ab21 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 80.6 Write 90.1 Mixed 74.1 106% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.35 71% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 48%
Integral Neon USB 3.0 16GB-$14 844 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 14GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	6.22% Terrible	Read 28.2 Write 3.49 Mixed 4.86 11% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.08 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.04 22% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 6.22% Great: 33%

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 (63^rd percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 62%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	700x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	377x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	124x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	111x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	61x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	76x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	70x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	67x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $989

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