Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	60.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110712
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '18 at 14:56
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (45^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)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 597 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 844D) 2GB 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
Intel 510 Series 250GB 777 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: PWG4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7504 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2705 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 74922 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0	60.7% Good	Read 480 Write 305 Mixed 380 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 16.3 66% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 79.7 DQ Write 49.2 DQ Mixed 26.4 30% 51.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 65%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 461GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 166 6466 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1896 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4850 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1705 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1766 (C2) HDA temperature 112 106 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	58.7% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 106 Mixed 96.2 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.3 117% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 900GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 76.6 Write 76.9 Mixed 73.4 98% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 0741 2TB 1,643 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 162GB free, PID 0741 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 45.4 Write 51.7 Mixed 43.6 61% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 44%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 128GB-$13 974 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 20GB free, PID 5591, Sandisk Ultra USB 3.0 USB Device 115 Gb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 113 Write 39.5 Mixed 50.6 73% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.79 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 1 87% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.2% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.9 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 62%

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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	246x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	241x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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	18x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

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