Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.7% 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)
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 08:40
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 223 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 526 54% 438 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 838B) 1GB CLim: 830 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 19.3 Reflection 23.4 Parallax 17.8 16% 20.2 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 20.5 Splatting 21.3 18% 22.9 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 18%
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 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Plextor M6 Pro 256GB-$110 927 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 199 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 32 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 10395 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1600 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 38 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 34 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2598 (F1) Unknown 100 100 76073 (F2) Unknown 100 100 212817
Poor: 66% Great: 111%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 317GB free Firmware: 2BA30014 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3581 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 934 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1894 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 801 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 210454315041 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 15 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 81337	58.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 102 Mixed 89.9 73% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.43 102% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 277GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36124394 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9758 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4436914082 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4154 (B7) Unknown 1 1 1460 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 399445656004 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 572194850 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 19 36124394 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 2059 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -132753144131187 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1827700274 (F2) Unknown 100 253 730177405
Poor: 34% Great: 68%
Seagate ST98823AS 80GB-$121 641 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 74GB free Firmware: 3.14 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1886 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46179520 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1864 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 504823838 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 16 16 168857 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 51 54018486 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	19.2% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 35.1 Mixed 35.3 26% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.26 63% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 21%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 190GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 10% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SUPERTALENT 859B BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 8634 SUPERTALENT 859B BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.2% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 51%

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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 $109Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,018

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 $182	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) $30	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