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 (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	96% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 22:16
Run Duration	351 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 (98^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 580 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.7% 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) 3GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 117 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 108 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 69 62 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1950570136	96% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 409 Mixed 297 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 35.7 134% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 83.4 95% 163 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 134%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 26GB free Firmware: 0007 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32370 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 456 (AD) Unknown 94 94 307 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 30619085835293 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 236 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	47% Average	Read 270 Write 134 Mixed 169 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 4.64 77% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 18.8 51% 110 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 62%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 146 9175 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4687 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 785 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 595 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 80365 (C2) HDA temperature 125 99 27 (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	54.7% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 92.5 Mixed 91.6 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 383GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105132552 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3304 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 48 73025684643 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27433 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 275 (B7) Unknown 56 56 44 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 487850013 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 232 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30770 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 8589934621 (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 -20590073211442 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6679674328 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8541266019	89.4% Excellent	Read 178 Write 134 Mixed 37.7 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 113%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 179GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 147 9091 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7849 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 809 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 628 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 78360 (C2) HDA temperature 125 99 27 (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	33.6% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 62.6 Mixed 51.6 42% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 63%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 11GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	5.98% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 6.49 Mixed 8.31 13% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.87 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.009 22% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.98% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 8,627 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 21.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 71%

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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	703x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	380x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	61x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 60% - Above average

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16