Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 22:02
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 215 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 434 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 73.6 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 64 60% 70.3 fps	Gravity 62.2 Splatting 58 53% 60.1 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 441GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^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 (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2068 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 748 (E8) Unknown 100 100 18532660747 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	57.5% Above average	Read 268 Write 255 Mixed 261 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 17.9 78% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 129 110% 161 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 108%
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 437GB free Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 392 Write 310 Mixed 352 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 39.4 108% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 140 138% 217 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 207%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 1216 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3329 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 262256 (09) Power-on hours count 97 96 3199 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2185 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 55 4799660055 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4350 (C2) HDA temperature 23 45 -140737488355305 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 3 1216 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 110363479642094 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3802007731 (F2) Unknown 100 253 519506289	68.4% Good	Read 122 Write 117 Mixed 107 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 485GB free (System drive) 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 100 100 118 (02) Throughput performance 54 54 8883 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9317 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2210 (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 7604 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2214 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 193274183707 (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 100 100 313 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2219	69.6% Good	Read 96.9 Write 146 Mixed 120 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.39 88% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 300GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 1808 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3515 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4001835 (09) Power-on hours count 96 95 4365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2193 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 9094561816 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4449 (C2) HDA temperature 24 45 -140737488355304 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 3 1808 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 72297184497812 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1846921474 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2662997937	52.8% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 90.5 Mixed 78.2 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.47 91% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 75%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 750GB 305 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 614GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 103 Write 94.1 Mixed 81.5 117% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.19 38% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	702x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	378x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	61x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: $989

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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