Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.5% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 04:04
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 90 2-Core 159 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 416 43% 348 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 142 Parallax 132 102% 133 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 47GB free Firmware: LF1i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -57191784504274 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2575 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1766 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1766 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 555275 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 47 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 555275 (F2) Unknown 100 100 496915 (F9) Unknown 100 100 21101	69.6% Good	Read 480 Write 186 Mixed 229 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 18.3 104% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 68.6 85% 151 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 88%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 22222577 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 3 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -77687368437933 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 10018 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 6732 (B1) Unknown 0 0 93 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 94492295207 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22222577 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22222577 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22222577 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 41168 (EA) Unknown 0 0 38596 (F1) Unknown 0 0 38596 (F2) Unknown 0 0 37963	68.5% Good	Read 503 Write 197 Mixed 247 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 17.7 95% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 59.8 80% 147 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 248GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 177 167 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8124 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4164 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 104520 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 37 (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 2	43.7% Average	Read 78.8 Write 73.3 Mixed 79.7 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 343GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109666008 (03) Spinup time 93 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10874 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12925920021 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7115 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 120261050443 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 64 36 26410360176676 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2027 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16365 (C2) HDA temperature 36 64 90194313252 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 6 109666008 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 17678085406439 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1448814966 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1353508533	46.6% Average	Read 96.1 Write 66.4 Mixed 64.4 57% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.17 47% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 199GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 952 (03) Spinup time 180 177 5958 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11525 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6699 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1894 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 118 118 246984 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 37 (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	76.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 135 Mixed 127 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.29 102% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.6 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 63%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 19%

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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 $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	61x
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
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	28x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	28x

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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