Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92% 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	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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 22:24
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 192 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 352 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67% Good	Lighting 84.7 Reflection 89.3 Parallax 79.7 69% 84.6 fps	MRender 84.3 Gravity 77.7 Splatting 71.1 63% 77.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDRE512GB-XT 512GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 558 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 41 (A3) Unknown 100 100 28 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2347 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 9202 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 28318 (F2) Unknown 100 100 66678 (F5) Unknown 100 100 37552	92% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 409 Mixed 448 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 33 120% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 68.8 94% 171 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 99%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 196GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 149 (03) Spinup time 172 170 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10611 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 355 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10414 (C2) HDA temperature 112 91 35 (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 13	56.3% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 101 Mixed 108 77% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.35 125% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 40GB free Firmware: 3.CHQ Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 730078671 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 59901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1396 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 47 655884316 (C2) HDA temperature 28 53 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 46 130461848 (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	28.1% Poor	Read 52.3 Write 45.2 Mixed 55.5 39% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 17.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 63%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	250x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	198x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	63x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $526

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