Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110805
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 01:56
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$191 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 86.4 2-Core 170 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 412 44% 349 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 126 Parallax 98 95% 113 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 109 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd 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 97 97 10945 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1959 (B1) Unknown 95 95 56 (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 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 125293 (EB) Unknown 99 99 129 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28679952918	60.5% Good	Read 263 Write 178 Mixed 182 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 24.1 110% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 82.1 DQ Mixed 50.6 61% 111 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10942 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1961 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 43 43 57484 (EB) Unknown 99 99 119 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4980292670	84.8% Excellent	Read 503 Write 347 Mixed 354 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 25.7 120% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 58.1 73% 134 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 267GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4716 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1692 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 162477 (C2) HDA temperature 122 110 25 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.5% Good	Read 114 Write 128 Mixed 104 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.27 87% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 125GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8184 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2825 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7979 (C2) HDA temperature 121 96 26 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.7% Average	Read 99.1 Write 66.8 Mixed 71.9 60% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.32 89% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 53%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

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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	241x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 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 $130Bench 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 $269	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 $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