Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 LX (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110913
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '16 at 22:08
Run Duration	599 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 431 49% 384 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Zotac(19DA 2255) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 41.3 28% 36.4 fps	MRender 46.1 Gravity 31.4 Splatting 34.4 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 290GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38791527 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9092 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58132202 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1401 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 63 487718935 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 42949672983 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 26 38791527 (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 24477018644339 (F1) Unknown 100 253 909253206 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2352175339	56.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 95.1 Mixed 20.8 53% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.62 136% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 268GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 53121056 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12589 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 57 21482587036 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 662 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 62 1409253834777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36880 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 -140737488355303 (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 -39015482914360 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10501450195 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10473110386	82.2% Excellent	Read 145 Write 142 Mixed 84.9 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 113%
Fujitsu MJA2250BH G2 250GB 1,070 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 199GB free Firmware: 00000018 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 196946 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 34144256 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 10614 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9019431321600 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 2727 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 31702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2460 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 197585 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236223987741 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4718 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1055522816 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 25645 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 433783504849 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	22.1% Poor	Read 41.3 Write 35.3 Mixed 34.1 28% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.31 75% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 46%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 121583984 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1068 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 95231051409 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25237 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1058 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 571932705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2691 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 47244640289 (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 -9010841361748 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -54012064061937 (F2) Unknown 100 253 61166843655516	90.7% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 158 Mixed 79.1 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.39 111% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,329 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 23GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	5.93% Terrible	Read 21.2 Write 7.03 Mixed 7.24 12% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.54 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.01 21% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.93% Great: 9%
Generic USB SD Reader 4GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	1.97% Terrible	Read 4.27 Write 3.89 Mixed 3.88 5% 4.02 MB/s	4K Read 1.88 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 8% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.97% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 63%

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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 LX

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	486x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	423x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	133x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	103x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	71x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	65x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	52x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16