Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.4% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 18:08
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	MLT-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 189 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 504 52% 419 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gainward(10B0 0401) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 267 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	2.5% Terrible	Lighting 3.23 Reflection 3.69 Parallax 3.44 3% 3.45 fps	MRender 2.48 Gravity 3.93 Splatting 2 2% 2.8 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.5% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1218 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2064 (E8) Unknown 100 100 28405789232 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	80.4% Excellent	Read 477 Write 417 Mixed 401 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 19.4 89% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 15.6 64% 142 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214304032 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2247 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1540881 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 962 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 858 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 65 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5986 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 42949672990 (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 -66267050409751 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8131902225 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11072217851	83.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 136 Mixed 143 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176885832 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1364 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4180733 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 536 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 22030254113 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4953 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 -140737488355295 (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 82540681494732 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2714400855 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7346997384	91.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 158 Mixed 148 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 331GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 140 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4841 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3075 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3316 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 289 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4551 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 34 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.1% Very good	Read 119 Write 126 Mixed 116 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.49 112% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 1,822 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 17.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 63%

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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	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