Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 10:50
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 451 61% 453 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1562 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Lighting 87.1 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 88.7 71% 88.6 fps	MRender 85.2 Gravity 80.3 Splatting 72.1 64% 79.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6267 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5796 (B1) Unknown 97 97 93 (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 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 190 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20939978381	97.5% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 498 Mixed 492 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 23.4 128% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 71.5 91% 157 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 116%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 93GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8959 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 6112 (B1) Unknown 98 98 59 (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 71 50 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 265 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11988511257	57.2% Above average	Read 353 Write 243 Mixed 288 65% 295 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 13.5 79% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 65.8 62% 98.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 77GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2557 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1553 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (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 50 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6685790481	104% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 411 Mixed 420 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 45.6 169% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 41.1 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 108 94% 132 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 6166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 60 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 320 (C2) HDA temperature 119 116 31 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	56.9% Above average	Read 109 Write 89.2 Mixed 90.3 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.28 105% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.8 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 65%

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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 GEN3 - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	434x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	318x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,003

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16