Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 12:40
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	71%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 215 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 436 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 80.1 Parallax 71 67% 77.6 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 77.4 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5252 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1481 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 690 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2949229 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1468 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7220	55.3% Above average	Read 335 Write 240 Mixed 270 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 11.6 80% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 89.5 DQ Mixed 35.8 44% 76.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 102%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 141 141 21491810583 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 858 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 858 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 883 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 883 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 167505100828 (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	78.4% Very good	Read 143 Write 130 Mixed 81.8 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 396GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209272022 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8922 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 433678585 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8270 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 44 13356105756 (C2) HDA temperature 28 56 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 25 209272022 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 79873506844856 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1833558480 (F2) Unknown 100 253 917071406	52.5% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 89.5 Mixed 17.9 48% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.35 87% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 68%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 5GB free, PID 5567, SandDisk Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 21.3 Write 11.6 Mixed 11 17% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.74 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 1.25 112% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

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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 - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	702x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	378x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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