Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.1% 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	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 20:10
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 216 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 440 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2382) 1GB CLim: 880 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Lighting 21.1 Reflection 25.1 Parallax 19.2 17% 21.8 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 22.9 20% 24.4 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 162GB free Firmware: 2.28.20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4298811059 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 -121401545561249 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 657 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 34 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4298811059 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4298811059 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4298811059 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 63 63 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 288671 (EA) Unknown 0 0 412989 (F1) Unknown 0 0 412989 (F2) Unknown 0 0 261369	78.3% Very good	Read 574 Write 305 Mixed 326 88% 402 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 14.6 80% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 84 123% 230 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 91%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 162GB free Firmware: 2.28.20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 64431317282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 19018115214177 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 655 (AB) Unknown 0 0 8 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 47 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 8 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 64431317282 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 64431317282 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 64431317282 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 63 63 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 289352 (EA) Unknown 0 0 412991 (F1) Unknown 0 0 412991 (F2) Unknown 0 0 188624	80.7% Excellent	Read 596 Write 301 Mixed 399 95% 432 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 18.2 83% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 75.9 120% 232 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11709 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1271 (B1) Unknown 96 96 40 (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 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18014254638	53.5% Above average	Read 351 Write 169 Mixed 202 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 15.2 90% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 95.8 DQ Mixed 50.3 43% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 118%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 993GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 21053 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 43 10338 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 729 (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 38727 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 798 (B5) Unknown 98 98 63684934 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 45 240519020570 (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 100 100 964 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 799	78.9% Very good	Read 124 Write 151 Mixed 121 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.32 85% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 575GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 7910 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2716 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 31384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2669 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 437125146 (C2) HDA temperature 70 55 504234014 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 260721 (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 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	58% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 102 Mixed 120 82% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.39 101% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 61%

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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	700x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	377x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 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 $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