Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	41.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 11:48
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 430 54% 411 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E218) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 54GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 93656057759585 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2251 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2184 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 159958 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 159958 (F2) Unknown 100 100 224119 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4946	54.6% Above average	Read 344 Write 184 Mixed 221 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 13.1 75% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 62.3 76% 136 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 83%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4787 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1328 (A5) Unknown 100 100 283537703738 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 29 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 44 188979544097 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3698004329309 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2952 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8573 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6056 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8399 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	41.7% Average	Read 332 Write 119 Mixed 190 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 9.27 69% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 34.1 DQ Mixed 10.4 13% 23.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 101%
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 2,429 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 9GB free Firmware: EMT02D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 174 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 384 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 802623420 (F2) Unknown 99 99 134465743	81.2% Excellent	Read 516 Write 146 Mixed 228 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 29.3 140% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 77.5 96% 173 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 625GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 69 8805 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5680 (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 7946 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2855 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389150743 (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 10 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5707	77.8% Very good	Read 141 Write 130 Mixed 128 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.49 135% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 70GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192529000 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 16153 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24362713 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 13133 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 56 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27953 (C2) HDA temperature 25 44 47244640281 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -101249559034475 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -82789719844836 (F2) Unknown 100 253 75988857612570	98.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 174 Mixed 112 113% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 54%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	434x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	318x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	95x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	55x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,003

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16