Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 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 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 (54^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 (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 215 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 580 63% 497 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85% 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) 2.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd 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: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Personal 2TB 879GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown 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-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 320GB free Firmware: CC9D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^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: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 114%
Hitachi HTS723232A7A364 320GB 11,127 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EC2O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st 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: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 58%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 2,465 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 293GB free, PID 2320 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th 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: 42%
BUFFALO HD-PCTU3 500GB 583 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 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: 11% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 41%
Imation Nano 2GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 0432 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th 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: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-198.A00LF 9905403-198.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (79^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: 61%

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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 $195Bench 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 $179	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