Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 02:32
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 114 2-Core 184 79% 131 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 535 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2747 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 63 Parallax 61.5 113% 87.8 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 109 78% 93.6 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 223GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 121 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 67 61 167504969761 (F1) Unknown 100 100 121	91.7% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 448 Mixed 485 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 12.2 111% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 17.2 86% 194 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 89%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 56GB free Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (15^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 253 100 8780 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1381 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 186 (A9) Unknown 100 100 269 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 80 (AE) Unknown 100 100 215 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 49 210454446114 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 578 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 21078 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8276 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9719 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	65.5% Good	Read 263 Write 252 Mixed 259 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 21.4 106% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 48.3 73% 138 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 99%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 898 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 136 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 62 163209478170 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4245112456 (F7) Unknown 100 100 133081821 (F8) Unknown 100 100 96117018 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1257 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	51.3% Above average	Read 346 Write 171 Mixed 203 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 12.2 76% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 27.4 44% 84.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 95%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 370GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 80 5668 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5086 (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 7848 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2018 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 171799412762 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5146	67.6% Good	Read 115 Write 121 Mixed 108 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.48 110% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 2,902 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 19.3 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 63%

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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 $76Bench 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 $290	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16