Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 02:42
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Memory 65.5 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 139 54% 92.6 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 268 32% 250 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.23% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 2.77 Parallax 1.66 2% 2.31 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 1.37 Splatting 4.57 3% 2.99 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.23% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23916 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 174 (B1) Unknown 94 94 67 (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 66 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49024005939
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Hitachi HDN 724040ALE640 4TB 253 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAO Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^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 51539607552 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (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 100 100 745 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 171798626340 (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	86.7% Excellent	Read 156 Write 146 Mixed 151 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 790GB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230360520 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2432 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 4298510474 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 253 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 411 (BE) vendor-specific 66 62 605945890 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2450 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 81604378658 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 149 Write 149 Mixed 141 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.17 55% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDN 724040ALE640 4TB 253 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 694GB free Firmware: MJAO Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 127 127 51579257438 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (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 99 99 10986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 67 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 176094904357 (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	47.3% Average	Read 67.1 Write 97.7 Mixed 85 63% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 493GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 181 167 5933 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 384 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 347 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1125521 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 31 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.1% Above average	Read 79.7 Write 105 Mixed 97.7 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.18 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 67%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$99 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 491GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103713494 (03) Spinup time 90 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 108219204 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 42726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 485 (B7) Unknown 84 84 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163907 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 49 656474149 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1348 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 64424509477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 3 103713494 (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 111669192148 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2900203245 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3356369231	53.6% Above average	Read 97 Write 89.5 Mixed 86.9 68% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.64 130% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 86%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 308GB free Firmware: MEAOAA10 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 135 135 106 (03) Spinup time 132 132 47280620026 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 35 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 317 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3439 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3439 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 154619805728 (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	61.6% Good	Read 113 Write 102 Mixed 96.8 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.27 75% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 66%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 295GB free Firmware: CV13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180516848 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3119 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 93972057 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 347 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131078 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1398 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 605683744 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 293997 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 64424509472 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.7% Very good	Read 111 Write 136 Mixed 91.5 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.1 46% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 12.5 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 9.6 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 113 36% 113 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 61%

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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	318x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
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 $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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,003

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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