Asus P8Z68-V PRO 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 (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120206
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '17 at 06:40
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 190 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 474 54% 422 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1572) 1.2GB CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 975 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 372.90 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 828GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 66 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 383612657
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 73GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 178 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9978 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 101784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4394 (BE) vendor-specific 68 27 32 (C2) HDA temperature 118 77 32 (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 14 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.6% Below average	Read 52.8 Write 53.3 Mixed 38.5 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.34 92% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 35%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 38GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 87 162035308 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8071 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 851650124 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 44431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4317 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 538640415 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 51 175813848 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	35.7% Below average	Read 69.1 Write 55.2 Mixed 48.2 43% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.37 83% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 79%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 GEN3 - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	434x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	318x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	95x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	58x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,003

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