Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '17 at 23:25
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CYP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 543 60% 471 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Sapphire(174B 9400) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.99% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 8.81 Parallax 1.97 5% 5.59 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 4.13 Splatting 6.09 5% 6.44 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.99% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX930 120GB-$229 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.9SE Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 0 (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 100 100 81 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 117 (A9) Unknown 100 100 3735560 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 4295753734 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 967 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 73 73 115965624347 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3209314048 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5614526144 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1559202183 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1497616819	60% Above average	Read 338 Write 232 Mixed 276 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 19.5 85% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 44.6 62% 115 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 107%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1TB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 157 5066 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2631 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2576 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 388 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2631 (C2) HDA temperature 118 90 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 200 137 1936 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.6% Good	Read 107 Write 104 Mixed 98.8 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.4 114% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 62%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1TB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 154 5150 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2626 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2577 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 332 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2626 (C2) HDA temperature 115 84 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.1% Good	Read 114 Write 98.7 Mixed 98.8 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.47 125% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 62%

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 (93^rd percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 19.3 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 62%

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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	433x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	318x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	102x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	95x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	58x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,018

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 $184	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) $35	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