Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	16.3% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20110509
Uptime	17.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '16 at 08:19
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	96%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Memory 47.1 1-Core 33.8 2-Core 53.2 29% 44.7 Pts	4-Core 104 8-Core 215 19% 159 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% PNY(196E 0898) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4752 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Lighting 19.4 Reflection 22.9 Parallax 17.9 16% 20.1 fps	MRender 20.8 Gravity 20.7 Splatting 21.7 17% 21.1 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 18%
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.3347 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.31% Terrible	Lighting 2.43 Reflection 2.88 Parallax 1.62 2% 2.31 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.31% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 172 166 4391 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1392 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7719 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1374 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 837 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 554 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 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 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.4% Good	Read 131 Write 110 Mixed 117 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.42 122% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 76%
WD WD10EUCX-63YZ1Y0 1TB 870 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 28GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 198 10777 (03) Spinup time 111 102 7408 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5211 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2254 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 705 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7316 (C2) HDA temperature 119 94 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	37.9% Below average	Read 66.3 Write 65.7 Mixed 63.8 49% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.13 46% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 71%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID ab36 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 134 Write 139 Mixed 95.4 155% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 62%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 541GB free, PID 2321 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 71.6 Write 116 Mixed 63.8 112% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.33 74% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 49%
Seagate Expansion 750GB 237 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 102GB free, PID 2312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 59.6 Write 48.2 Mixed 38.8 60% 48.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.22 58% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL51264BA160A.16FH 3x4GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 8.4 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 3 SC Write 3.8 SC Mixed 4.3 11% 3.7 GB/s	Latency 172 23% 172 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 50%

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	703x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	380x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	124x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	111x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	61x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	76x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	70x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	67x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $988

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16