Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 12:43
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 505 52% 422 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 841F) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.5% Poor	Lighting 30.7 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 38.5 25% 33.6 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 35.1 Splatting 26.9 27% 33.3 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15189 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1819 (E8) Unknown 100 100 34016427647 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	79.9% Very good	Read 470 Write 404 Mixed 413 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 24.5 90% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 95.7 99% 164 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 222GB free Firmware: HP13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84802448 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8820 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 59 223388338488 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1892 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4294944552 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 75 75 25 (BE) vendor-specific 62 37 17335126720550 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75545 (C2) HDA temperature 38 63 47244640294 (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 200 200 0	87.2% Excellent	Read 152 Write 152 Mixed 129 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 112%
WD My Passport Essential 500GB 1,381 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 81GB free, PID 070a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	9.37% Terrible	Read 29 Write 21 Mixed 22.3 30% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.06 9% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.37% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-199.A00LF 2x4GB 869 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 64%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	103x
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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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,018

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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