Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '17 at 06:10
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 (89^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 95.3 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 357 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.92% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 3.12 Parallax 1.41 2% 2.21 fps	MRender 3.1 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.87 2% 2.7 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.92% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$35 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 431GB free Firmware: Z320 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (13^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 0 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (A5) Unknown 100 100 65536 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 49 219043332128 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	38% Below average	Read 233 Write 227 Mixed 249 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 4.88 48% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 45.2 DQ Mixed 5.57 11% 21.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 76%
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 11127397 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -55740085556840 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5242 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 18 35 47246934034 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11127397 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11127397 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11127397 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13225 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12188 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12188 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21585	52.5% Above average	Read 483 Write 106 Mixed 179 55% 256 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 9.89 69% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 8.72 47% 109 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 81%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$70 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 62GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5261 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5257 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5234 (C2) HDA temperature 124 100 23 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.8% Below average	Read 67.6 Write 70.7 Mixed 68.1 52% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.34 94% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 74%

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 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 77%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	439x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	319x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	175x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	95x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16