Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.7% 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	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '17 at 10:49
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 454 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD HD 6790 4,043 User benchmarks, average bench 11% PwrHis(1787 2310) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 13.2 12% 13.9 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 10.3 Splatting 15.3 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 12%
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	2.59% Terrible	Lighting 2.83 Reflection 4.38 Parallax 1.91 2% 3.04 fps	MRender 4.19 Gravity 1.53 Splatting 5.26 3% 3.66 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.59% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505CUA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9301021 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -136021614260359 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2707 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 56 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 67 68723867674 (C2) HDA temperature 26 67 68723867674 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9301021 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9301021 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9301021 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12370 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6910 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6910 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11601	63.7% Good	Read 514 Write 218 Mixed 255 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 11.8 66% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 49.2 87% 174 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 85%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 47GB free Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 55499567403364 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3061 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 107 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1182 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1334 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1334 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2932	41.6% Average	Read 194 Write 107 Mixed 116 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 11.5 78% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 30.4 45% 84.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-199.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-199.A00LF 16GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 20.1 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	246x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	241x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 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 $130Bench 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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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