Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.6% 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	94.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 20:12
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 186 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 460 49% 392 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 83B4) 1GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Lighting 17.9 Reflection 21.2 Parallax 16.1 15% 18.4 fps	MRender 24.9 Gravity 18.4 Splatting 21 17% 21.4 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 448GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 15 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 60 60 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 79992509	94.8% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 497 Mixed 505 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 35.3 124% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 39.9 54% 93.5 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 87GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 197 80959 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2802 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 2 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2799 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2690 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 37 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 44 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	90.2% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 123 Mixed 125 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.49 142% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 76%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 12GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	5.73% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 9.39 Mixed 8.68 14% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 18% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.73% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4G 9905403-448.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4G 9905403-448.A00LF 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 59%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 GEN3 - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	436x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	319x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,003

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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