Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110509
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 02:35
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 184 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 349 47% 349 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 361.91 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 103 86% 108 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 92.7 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13300 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2638 (B1) Unknown 95 95 51 (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 40 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 58 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12348289478	75.6% Very good	Read 500 Write 279 Mixed 233 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 20 104% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 61.3 78% 141 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31181368 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6685 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13576073 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13862 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3603 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 4866900002 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31966 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 -140737488355294 (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 -96134252980239 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29931110110620 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26619501869807	90.5% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 158 Mixed 56.5 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.39 95% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 113%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 180 7700 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3612 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1439 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23288 (C2) HDA temperature 118 95 34 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 92.2 Mixed 78.7 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 202GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 70 8997 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6812 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23799 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4298 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7115 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 43 244814118946 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 88 88 6394 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 427 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6839	60.5% Good	Read 92.3 Write 118 Mixed 58.3 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.5 125% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBSR F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 52%

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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 $80Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $989

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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16