Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.1% 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	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	16.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '17 at 00:51
Run Duration	337 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 100 2-Core 199 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 503 52% 421 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Gigabyte(1458 3515) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Lighting 21.4 Reflection 25 Parallax 18.9 17% 21.8 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 22.9 20% 24 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC86201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1271 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 917 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 36922 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1824 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9230 (F1) Unknown 100 100 177539 (F2) Unknown 100 100 194971	63% Good	Read 265 Write 252 Mixed 261 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 27.8 93% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 79.9 87% 145 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 101%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 779GB free Firmware: AX1P2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1691 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 485 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 8270 (0A) Spinup retry count 109 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 451 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 23894 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159872035 (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 200 200 389 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1382 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 262 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	30.3% Below average	Read 53 Write 52.8 Mixed 90.9 50% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.27 4K Mixed 0.17 42% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 491GB free Firmware: CC46 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 162041256 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1448 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2823372 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 795 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 589168674 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 415 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31761 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 90194313250 (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 72133975745675 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8339939628 (F2) Unknown 100 253 181208224395	69.7% Good	Read 129 Write 114 Mixed 106 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.23 93% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS723015BLA642 1.5TB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 359GB free Firmware: MN5OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34387460511 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4236 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2024 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4513 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4513 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 184683921445 (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 200 200 69	46.2% Average	Read 84.7 Write 76.3 Mixed 88.8 63% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.35 90% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 146GB free Firmware: AP25 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 88 125341373 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6622 (05) Reallocated sector count 3 3 4010 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 107406395 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 21966 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4139 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1543 (BC) Unknown 100 87 4295032901 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 606011427 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 81604378659 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 25 125341373 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	43.2% Average	Read 76.7 Write 73.8 Mixed 71.3 56% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.56 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 32GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 105997855 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 137 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 189145395 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032845 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 589168674 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 354 (C2) HDA temperature 34 22 94489280546 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 105997855 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 73014449978 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21510717297 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24689323981	74.2% Very good	Read 143 Write 115 Mixed 121 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.27 78% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 112%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 494GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 106 Write 120 Mixed 30.5 104% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.43 161% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 53%
WD My Book 1130 1TB 1,203 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 385GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 79.8 Mixed 43.1 80% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.2 56% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 41%
NORELSYS 106X 1TB 646 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 380GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 61.9 Write 73.8 Mixed 61.1 86% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.26 63% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 04CD F3-10666CL9-4GBNT 04CD F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 02B5 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 15 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 59%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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	319x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	95x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,003

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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