Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	38.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 9 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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 04:28
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 180 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 461 52% 409 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12335 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2085 (B1) Unknown 76 76 282 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 216 (F1) Unknown 99 99 72812658925	38.4% Below average	Read 295 Write 35.2 Mixed 49 27% 126 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 10.1 70% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 43.5 DQ Mixed 27.4 38% 72.5 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 102%
Kingston SSDNOW 30GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 5GB free Firmware: 0202 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 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 18641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2652 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 201897148650 (AA) Unknown 100 100 90209648738 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12887523341 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 308 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 188979347492 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	21.3% Poor	Read 183 Write 42.1 Mixed 71.7 21% 99 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 24.5 4K Mixed 5.3 37% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 12.3 DQ Write 21.7 DQ Mixed 4.52 7% 12.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%
Hitachi HDS72303 3TB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 676GB free Firmware: AA10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 146 146 42988601805 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1676 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3271 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 618 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1692 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1692 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 223339151401 (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	86.6% Excellent	Read 165 Write 137 Mixed 146 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.35 102% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 308GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 78 5220093 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 391424899 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3134 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 20187 (BC) Unknown 100 98 115966476324 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 588447778 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 27 5220093 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -11338713635356 (F1) Unknown 100 253 463540912 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4273942145	64.2% Good	Read 123 Write 100 Mixed 99.2 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.48 107% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 68%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 191GB free Firmware: 1C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 169 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4800 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1617 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4800 (C2) HDA temperature 111 76 39 (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	47.5% Average	Read 87.4 Write 77.9 Mixed 76.4 61% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.42 115% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-400.A00LF 4x4GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	247x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	243x
Core i7-2600Intel $190Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	61x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	28x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	19x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16