Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '18 at 01:36
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 464 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 439GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8345 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 6274 (B1) Unknown 98 98 16 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 175 (F1) Unknown 99 99 41734043548
Poor: 78% Great: 126%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 223GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 100 88 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 901 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 47 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 240518168612 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1928 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1348 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1812	56.2% Above average	Read 349 Write 234 Mixed 280 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 4.29 78% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 26.1 52% 106 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 86%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 57GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th 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 14460 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9182 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 140 (AE) Unknown 100 100 167 (B5) Unknown 100 100 29699831501594 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 67 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 23536 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	57.8% Above average	Read 505 Write 101 Mixed 168 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 6.86 85% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 99.2 DQ Mixed 7.31 50% 120 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 65%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 35 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8241 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9871 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9251 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 387 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9483 (C2) HDA temperature 123 105 29 (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 200 200 133 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.8% Very good	Read 153 Write 115 Mixed 102 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.25 60% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 85%
HGST HDN 724040ALE640 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3TB free, PID 5002 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.7% Good	Read 160 Write 147 Mixed 105 170% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ 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 - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	700x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	377x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	124x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	111x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	61x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	76x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	70x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	67x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $989

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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