Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	44% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20110509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '17 at 14:14
Run Duration	308 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2100-$49 63,701 User benchmarks, average bench 51% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 82.3 2-Core 164 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 194 27% 202 Pts	64-Core 204 13% 204 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 850E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44% Average	Lighting 53.6 Reflection 54.3 Parallax 43.2 44% 50.4 fps	MRender 61.1 Gravity 54.6 Splatting 50.2 45% 55.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 155 155 21501247825 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 42 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 188979544106 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 170 Mixed 172 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 149GB free Firmware: VT100-54 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 98 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5760 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8395 (05) Reallocated sector count 81 81 184 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 34264 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4375 (BB) vendor-specific 81 81 3735572 (BE) vendor-specific 142 91 32 (C2) HDA temperature 142 91 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 53834 (C4) Reallocation count 81 81 184 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 98 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 94 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	31.4% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 55.6 Mixed 41.3 38% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 51% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 38%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 26 Mixed 27.1 35% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.24 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 52%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 182GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 38 Write 36.2 Mixed 27 42% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.19 55% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 22%
WD My Book 500GB 3,986 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 115GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 39 Write 40 Mixed 23.9 43% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.26 70% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 22%
Samsung D3 Station 2TB 2,805 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 75GB free, PID 6123 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 32.6 Write 25.8 Mixed 16.1 30% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.22 59% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 Kingston 99U5403-083.A00LF 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 16.6 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	245x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	241x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	60x
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
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	28x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x

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	18x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

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 $182	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) $30	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