Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 20:23
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 485 64% 481 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 69GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6913 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 763 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 207 (C2) HDA temperature 65 45 236224315427	48.3% Average	Read 502 Write 157 Mixed 228 64% 296 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 30.3 4K Mixed 6.6 61% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 35.7 DQ Mixed 6.59 12% 22.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 83%
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25367 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2717 (B1) Unknown 90 90 336 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 359 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14810463422	49.4% Average	Read 417 Write 97.3 Mixed 192 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 14.1 68% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 34.4 DQ Mixed 35.9 55% 110 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 63%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 129 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 76 61 7495 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3470 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 33314 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3416 (B5) Unknown 100 100 9894132 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 349 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 188979347484 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 50 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3588	63.9% Good	Read 94 Write 129 Mixed 119 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 521GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 211 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 76 65 7431 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3578 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 33211 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3393 (B5) Unknown 100 100 954090 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684314653 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 55 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 370 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3705	71.6% Very good	Read 122 Write 128 Mixed 115 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.32 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 46.8 85% 46.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%

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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 - $390

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	245x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	241x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	60x
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
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	28x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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