Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.1% 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	56.1% 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 PRO (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '17 at 23:28
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 471 63% 469 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 042A) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 35.4 Reflection 32 Parallax 43.2 29% 36.9 fps	MRender 27.8 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 37.5 27% 31.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 36611249 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 98200132288631 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 637 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 357 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 68 68723933214 (C2) HDA temperature 30 68 68723933214 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 36611249 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 36611249 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 36611249 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 49075 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19295 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19295 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15069	56.1% Above average	Read 503 Write 149 Mixed 222 63% 291 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 12.9 86% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 61.5 DQ Mixed 12.4 18% 32.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 73%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$78 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 78594128 (03) Spinup time 91 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1074 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 495 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 77801214655 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41801 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 369 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 73 73 27 (BC) Unknown 100 97 81605623827 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 55 46 824967213 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1080 (C2) HDA temperature 45 54 60129542189 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 3 78594128 (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 49181670547872 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2944227767 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2788130031	83.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 143 Mixed 136 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.5 128% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 86%

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 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 62%

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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	703x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	380x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	61x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 60% - Above average

Total price: $985

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