Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.9% 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)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 11:28
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$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% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 449 59% 443 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Lighting 41.6 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 52 34% 41.1 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 35.9 Splatting 37 28% 33.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 431GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 167 6416 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2686 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 48053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 580 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 528764 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 33 (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 1	44.7% Average	Read 79.6 Write 75.9 Mixed 76.6 58% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.13 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 106GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 182 5558 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1540 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 44141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 150 150 151417 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 34 (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	60% Above average	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 99.6 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 89 210220572 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1011 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 49 951011474 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 89930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 948 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 740491302 (C2) HDA temperature 38 49 90194313254 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 54 127461539 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31.1% Below average	Read 59.2 Write 49.2 Mixed 45.2 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.25 67% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 18.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

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 $275	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 $184	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) $35	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