Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '17 at 20:29
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 86 2-Core 162 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 419 44% 353 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 66 63% 73.3 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 72 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 129 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 64 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 64 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 990932064	113% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 493 Mixed 495 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 47.6 164% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 123 130% 217 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 407GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4655 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2283 (05) Reallocated sector count 133 133 2829 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2192 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 932 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1350 (C2) HDA temperature 113 95 30 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 333 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 190 14 (F0) Head flying hours 79 79 15470 (F1) Unknown 200 200 105454023924 (F2) Unknown 200 200 156837353232	85.8% Excellent	Read 173 Write 125 Mixed 143 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.28 124% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 788GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 101 Write 92.3 Mixed 68.3 108% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.24 69% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
M378B1G73AH0-K0 Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.7 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 56%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	248x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	243x
Core i7-2600Intel $188Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	61x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	28x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	19x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16