Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '17 at 15:58
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 403 53% 400 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 111 Parallax 93 88% 104 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 95.9 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E217) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Lighting 35.7 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 43.6 29% 37.2 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 37.4 27% 31.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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 100 100 267 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 515 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 474 (94) Unknown 100 100 45299 (95) Unknown 100 100 618 (96) Unknown 100 100 552 (97) Unknown 100 100 604 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7259 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 56295045660715 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 77471 (F2) Unknown 100 100 62130 (F5) Unknown 100 100 85746 (F6) Unknown 100 100 181196 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	47.7% Average	Read 416 Write 39.5 Mixed 76.2 38% 177 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 15.8 72% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 34.3 DQ Mixed 23.4 53% 117 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230382680 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3693 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 17590722929 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3666 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 53 622526501 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15523 (C2) HDA temperature 37 47 55834574885 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -89631672489250 (F1) Unknown 100 253 131761756236147 (F2) Unknown 100 253 125616583162425	79.6% Very good	Read 145 Write 133 Mixed 139 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2B2133C11 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMY16GX3M2B2133C11 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.1% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 67%

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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	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	30x
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 $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 $179	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