Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	92.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	May 03 '17 at 04:22
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 190 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 499 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3851 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1297 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10094671754	92.1% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 401 Mixed 415 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 34.6 115% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 117 125% 211 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 397GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 79847827 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3431 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6229663 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1292 (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 74 59 454623258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3724 (C2) HDA temperature 26 16 68719476762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 2 79847827 (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 46385646798576 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4395207387 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4413554987	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 172 Mixed 157 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 739GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 78 7300352 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4987 (05) Reallocated sector count 65 51 46848 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 12943081143 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2843 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 389 (BC) Unknown 100 95 146031116385 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 538640416 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18112 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 77309411360 (C5) Current pending sector count 31 1 11424 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 31 1 11424 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -14443975014338 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43988031219393 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -40676543505273	13.9% Very poor	Read 41.8 Write 6.22 Mixed 45.8 24% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.33 87% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.2% 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 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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $1,018

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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