Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	67.6% 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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '16 at 19:58
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 216 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 591 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 2000 15,855 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 084A) 1,024MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.17.13.142 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 6% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14601471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 139732466021541 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2602 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 134 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 47247523875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14601471 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14601471 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14601471 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14638 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12714 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12714 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7971	67.6% Good	Read 494 Write 229 Mixed 264 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 14.5 81% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 76.1 98% 178 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 92%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 37GB free Firmware: 1.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 2673380 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 3968549811229 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2992 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 89 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2673380 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2673380 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2673380 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3226 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2628 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2628 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4029	46.2% Average	Read 207 Write 141 Mixed 165 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 13.5 81% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 43.5 56% 100 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 311GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206882624 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1735 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4300202871 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1732 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 49 571867170 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17684 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 47244640290 (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 105209518890116 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5229658744 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16419695054	81.4% Excellent	Read 145 Write 139 Mixed 73.6 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.38 107% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 237GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184153264 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3211 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55358863 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3074 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 571932706 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 24 184153264 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 6927782272236 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3076474245 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1190322968	54.1% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 95.5 Mixed 59.7 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 101% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 68%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 14GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 31.4 Write 6.88 Mixed 9.74 16% 16 MB/s	4K Read 3.47 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.74 76% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.4 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 63%

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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	700x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	377x
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	78x

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 $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