Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.2% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 08:31
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 185 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 355 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gainward(10B0 0801) 1GB CLim: 822 MHz, MLim: 1010 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.98% Terrible	Lighting 1.07 Reflection 1.23 Parallax 0.38 1% 0.89 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 1.65 1% 1.44 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 0.98% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6722 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 904 (B1) Unknown 99 99 28 (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 70 52 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6191329536	96.2% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 478 Mixed 505 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 36.7 115% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 108 112% 185 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 5GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 80 4235527 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -5265629887225 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2195 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 18 (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 4235527 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4235527 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4235527 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10175 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9607 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9607 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10633	60.5% Good	Read 482 Write 132 Mixed 183 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 14.7 89% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 43.3 64% 122 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 82%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 289GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3400 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11010 (C2) HDA temperature 123 105 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.7% Above average	Read 89.1 Write 90.7 Mixed 87.7 67% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	250x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	198x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	63x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $526

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 $45	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