Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	82.1% 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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '16 at 02:04
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 466 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1557) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 11.8 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 11.5 10% 12.4 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 12.7 Splatting 16 12% 14 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 400GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 202 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 37 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 63 56 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1531687808	64.4% Good	Read 331 Write 190 Mixed 223 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 34.5 113% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 82.8 DQ Mixed 49.8 50% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 144 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 23 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 63 58 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 498669812	82.1% Excellent	Read 514 Write 416 Mixed 417 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 20.2 105% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.5 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 20.1 43% 83 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 128GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6013582 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 42374147345321 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 187 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 63 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 35 81606672416 (C2) HDA temperature 32 35 81606672416 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6013582 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6013582 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6013582 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 179 (EA) Unknown 0 0 232 (F1) Unknown 0 0 232 (F2) Unknown 0 0 856	77% Very good	Read 510 Write 330 Mixed 393 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 14.6 97% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 78.8 93% 155 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 85%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 56GB free Firmware: 2.15 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 92 92 2811851 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 70884140263298 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 729 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 81 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2811851 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2811851 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2811851 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4437 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3628 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3628 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6466	38.9% Below average	Read 316 Write 75.8 Mixed 117 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 8.71 69% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 63.7 DQ Mixed 29.9 27% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 70%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 91GB free Firmware: 20.07P20 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 161 4875 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4564 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17042 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1491 (C2) HDA temperature 104 96 43 (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 200 253 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.7% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 70.1 Mixed 65.1 50% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.56 141% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 47%
WD My Book 1140 1TB 1,745 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 375GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 104 Write 95.8 Mixed 74.6 114% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 48%
WDC WD16 00BB-00GUC0 160GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 69GB free, PID 007e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 23.2 Mixed 24.7 32% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.23 61% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 8502 1600LL Series 029E CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 8502 1600LL Series 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.6% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.6% 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 $90Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $999

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16