Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 17:38
Run Duration	378 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 182 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 359 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 85E7) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.28% Terrible	Lighting 5.07 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 4.94 4% 4.85 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.22 5% 5.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.28% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung HD103SJ 480GB 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: F/W:1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1653 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2296 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131082 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1037 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1136	75.9% Very good	Read 508 Write 477 Mixed 494 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 13.4 73% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 12.1 38% 76.5 MB/s

Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 971GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34387657133 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 14958 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1876 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 15509 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 15509 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 253403791400 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 75	92.2% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 163 Mixed 158 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.18 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 758GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 68 9018 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17589 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46104 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2295 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 43 249108889637 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 64 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 17632	70.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 114 Mixed 124 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.21 55% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 75%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 628GB free Firmware: ML6OA800 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34386674077 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 144 144 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1215 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8842 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8845 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 253404053539 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10	50.3% Above average	Read 90.4 Write 84.6 Mixed 77.9 63% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.38 102% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 403GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 130 130 34388509111 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 13514 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 634 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13772 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13772 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 266288758825 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1670	71.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 119 Mixed 118 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.22 69% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 107%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 434 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 542GB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 138 Write 159 Mixed 76.1 156% 124 MB/s	4K Read 2.33 4K Write 5.84 4K Mixed 0.4 221% 2.86 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 72%
Samsung D3 Station 2TB 2,805 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 391GB free, PID 6123 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 110 Write 119 Mixed 77.8 130% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 6.89 4K Mixed 0.44 251% 2.62 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BA160B.C16F 2x4GB 3,229 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	247x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	243x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 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 $139Bench 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	19x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16