Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.3% 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	88.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '16 at 11:50
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 93.6 2-Core 183 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 361 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1025.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Lighting 38.2 Reflection 35 Parallax 46.8 31% 40 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 32.3 Splatting 40 29% 34.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 325GB 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 19 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 9 (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 67 65 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 294242645	88.7% Excellent	Read 517 Write 413 Mixed 413 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 36.3 131% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 36.2 DQ Write 65.7 DQ Mixed 20.3 24% 40.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 134%
WD WD20EARS-00S8B1 3TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 443GB free Firmware: CC45 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 117 99 132364528 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 42990613512 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 855 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131334 (BD) vendor-specific 75 75 25 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 679 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45469 (C2) HDA temperature 33 55 42949672993 (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 60584808679600 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32494511624 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13417405836	31.9% Below average	Read 23.7 Write 85.7 Mixed 54.8 41% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 6.53 4K Mixed 0.47 188% 2.46 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 62%

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

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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 $269	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 $177	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