Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '17 at 23:08
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	74%

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 above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 84.3 2-Core 174 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 415 46% 360 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5850 15,020 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gigabyte(1458 21E4) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.791.0.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 23.1 19% 20 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 17.2 Splatting 19.8 14% 16.3 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A 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 95 95 3085939 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -8632884262154 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2003 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 8 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 38 44 73017327654 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 73017327654 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3085939 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3085939 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3085939 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7330 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5487 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5487 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4640 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5439555	27.7% Poor	Read 254 Write 68.1 Mixed 117 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 7.99 41% 12.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 20.9 DQ Mixed 14.9 14% 22.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 73%
WD WD7500AARX-00N0YB0 750GB 1,212 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 76GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 108 99 7591 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4595 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3817 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2523 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29398 (C2) HDA temperature 109 100 38 (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	29.5% Poor	Read 52.1 Write 50.3 Mixed 50.2 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 99GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96545496 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5355 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 8594977338 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5353 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 639041574 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36817 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 55834574886 (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 -86376087284610 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8426720717 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3337027603	94.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 159 Mixed 153 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.37 101% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 86GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 66 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7680 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13190 (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 97 97 16706 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11566 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 97 66 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 533 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 504430622 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 605093924 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 198752 (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 99 9 (C8) Write error rate 99 71 347 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57.2% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 103 Mixed 98.2 75% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.4 104% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 62%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1GB free Firmware: CP10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (51) Unknown 57 57 35322351466552 (20) Unknown 0 255 52988102051071 (31) Unknown 49 65 35550757999443 (44) Unknown 49 85 35322352771123 (20) Unknown 32 32 35322350018592 (20) Unknown 32 32 550026354720 (10) Unknown 0 16 -1095216595972 (FF) Unknown 0 7 131943408599812 (78) Unknown 0 0 0 (4C) Unknown 0 82 56622323100416 (69) Unknown 188 35 95658971299649 (5D) Unknown 134 1 500102443008	25.1% Poor	Read 44.7 Write 42.6 Mixed 41.7 32% 43 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.27 70% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C8 3x2GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 51%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	251x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	198x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	63x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $526

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