Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	2.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.8% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 20:07
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 636 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 228E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1174 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 41% Great: 50%
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.36% Terrible	Lighting 2.57 Reflection 4 Parallax 1.72 2% 2.76 fps	MRender 3.86 Gravity 1.4 Splatting 4.78 3% 3.35 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.36% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S280-120GB 120GB 1,133 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^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 100 100 357 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1109 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 140 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 29771 (A5) Unknown 100 100 33 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 294 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 24 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 126926 (F2) Unknown 100 100 153709 (F5) Unknown 100 100 59542	91.8% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 346 Mixed 414 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 38.1 152% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 24.2 34% 58.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 113%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 518GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 120 Write 70 Mixed 78.8 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 184%
Seagate ST9320320AS 320GB-$60 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 44GB free Firmware: 0303 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 89 153474126 (03) Spinup time 99 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5905 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 248556342 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5248 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 184 (BC) Unknown 100 92 4295032866 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 471400474 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 181 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 4603 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53399 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 4294967322 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 32 153474126 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	36.2% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 63.7 Mixed 51.7 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.28 68% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 52%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	251x
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	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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