Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	2.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 7 years and 11 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 LX (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 05:05
Run Duration	439 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-2600K-$279 25,313 User benchmarks - Average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	80.9% Excellent	SC Int 113 SC Float 115 SC Mixed 114 91% 114 Pts	QC Int 400 QC Float 414 QC Mixed 399 92% 404 Pts	MC Int 564 MC Float 581 MC Mixed 579 86% 575 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 1,059 User benchmarks - Average bench 3% Asus(1043 844D) 2.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	2.98% Terrible	Lighting 9.2 Reflection 12 Parallax 6.6 2% 9.27 fps	MRender 9.4 Gravity 5.1 Splatting 13.1 5% 9.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.98% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$67 6,808 User benchmarks - Average bench 98% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 100 15445632 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 18 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 55978 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1483 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (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 69 61 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3120 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 81604378655 (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 68251325302194 (F1) Unknown 100 253 638870222 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4341807	104% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 173 Mixed 172 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
Personal 2TB 879GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown 4KALIGNED Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.1% Above average	Read 74.3 Write 107 Mixed 87.8 68% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.3 81% 0.64 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$68 109,406 User benchmarks - Average bench 89% 320GB free Firmware: CC9D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4643992 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2852 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6754636 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2427 (B7) Unknown 77 77 23 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 63 63 37 (BC) Unknown 100 100 26 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 38 4299834851362 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2767 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27792 (C2) HDA temperature 34 62 64424509474 (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 28488518085825 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19736937789674 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23935967569922	76.3% Very good	Read 124 Write 143 Mixed 123 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.15 70% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS723232A7A364 320GB 1,961 User benchmarks - Average bench 46% 117GB free Firmware: EC2O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 225 100 68719476737 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 889 (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 50 50 22252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 861 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 12884967424 (BC) Unknown 100 87 4295427693 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 471793694 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 280 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7798903 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 10 10 909785 (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 9 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	40.9% Average	Read 82.2 Write 60.5 Mixed 64.3 52% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.27 66% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 57%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 709 User benchmarks - Average bench 26% 293GB free, PID 2320 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 31 Write 29.1 Mixed 30.8 39% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.3 75% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 41%
BUFFALO HD-PCTU3 500GB 131 User benchmarks - Average bench 24% 46GB free, PID 01de Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Read 64.1 Write 62.1 Mixed 57.2 78% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.19 57% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 41%
Imation Nano 2GB 8 User benchmarks - Average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 0432 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	4.41% Terrible	Read 14.2 Write 4.33 Mixed 6.25 9% 8.25 MB/s	4K Read 5.78 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 22% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.41% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-198.A00LF 9905403-198.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 10 User benchmarks - Average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17.3 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 58%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 72%, 35,037 samples	733x
Core i7-2600KIntel $279Bench 71%, 25,313 samples	329x
Core i7-2600Intel $276Bench 65%, 21,236 samples	151x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $275Bench 64%, 147,823 samples	186x
GTX 960Nvidia $200Bench 41%, 70,242 samples	108x
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 20%, 11,896 samples	91x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 94%, 124,803 samples	132x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 97%, 81,306 samples	70x
Agility 3 120GBOCZ $102Bench 40%, 8,239 samples	50x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperX $75Bench 49%, 14,748 samples	139x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsair $64Bench 49%, 14,607 samples	116x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 5,485 samples	49x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $696

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $305	Nvidia GTX 1070 $390	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $297	AMD RX 480 $608	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $138
Intel Core i5-7600K $233	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $244	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $160

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $127	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $696	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $46	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $144	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13