Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 03:22
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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 (81^st percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 188 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 473 50% 402 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Lighting 72.4 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 62.7 59% 69.2 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 69.3 57% 70 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 268 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 90 90 67 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524306 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 549	55.6% Above average	Read 505 Write 236 Mixed 287 75% 343 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 3.81 51% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 3.88 44% 103 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 87%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 682GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 179 7758 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7190 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6864 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7191 (C2) HDA temperature 129 97 23 (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 0	52% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 84.8 Mixed 78.1 65% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.41 114% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866EL Series 2x4GB 424 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 72%

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Gaming 36%

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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	252x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x
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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16