Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 20:15
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 404 52% 395 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 65.5 61% 72.5 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 71.8 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -9603545943717 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3900 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3890 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 109 109 22928729 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3890 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 933313 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 41 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 933313 (F2) Unknown 100 100 668217 (F9) Unknown 100 100 37866	65.2% Good	Read 480 Write 138 Mixed 198 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 15.9 104% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 40.1 65% 126 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 88%
OCZ AGILITY4 64GB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 14GB free Firmware: 1.5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 34090 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3764 (E8) Unknown 100 100 2109393802 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	58.3% Above average	Read 243 Write 165 Mixed 197 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 20.5 104% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 12.6 53% 117 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 283GB free Firmware: MN6OA800 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 152 152 34384445819 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4510 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 41441 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4060 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4852 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4852 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 206159478818 (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 0	86.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 142 Mixed 123 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.4 103% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 63%

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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	699x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	376x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 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	77x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	61x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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