Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.5% 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	39.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '17 at 22:52
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 204 81% 137 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 514 54% 431 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 45.9 Parallax 40.5 39% 44.6 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 37.7 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5910 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2454 (B1) Unknown 91 91 310 (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 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 366 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13268857909	39.7% Below average	Read 260 Write 137 Mixed 199 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 13.8 65% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 19.5 DQ Write 46.3 DQ Mixed 9.86 14% 25.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 63%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 231GB free Firmware: AX001C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1721 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2558 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 4955 (0A) Spinup retry count 150 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2281 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 123 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 39 504234010 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 175 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3604535 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 46471 (C2) HDA temperature 74 39 504234010 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.4% Average	Read 89.8 Write 82.3 Mixed 86.5 65% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.2 61% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 62%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 135GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 68.6 Write 66.2 Mixed 57.4 81% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.16 53% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 44%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 6GB free, PID 0745 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 21.3 Mixed 27.5 33% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.49 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 1.32 117% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 17.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 77%

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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	251x
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 $94Bench 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 $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 $40	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