Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.8%, 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 01:46
Run Duration	86 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 467 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 844GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 176 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 556 (C2) HDA temperature 119 116 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	59% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 98.1 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.29 113% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2043 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1986 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1685 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 30 (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 99 53685 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 154 Write 143 Mixed 137 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.31 128% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 62%

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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	250x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	197x
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	29x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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