Asus P8Z68-V

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 87.7%, 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '17 at 01:10
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 479 62% 469 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2678) 2GB CLim: 1395 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 36.9 Reflection 37.1 Parallax 50.9 30% 41.6 fps	Gravity 42.4 Splatting 38.5 36% 40.4 fps
Poor: 25% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 610GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 38684000721 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9944 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10196 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 210454446115 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 343230	55.2% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 95.2 Mixed 101 74% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.41 100% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 61%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 459GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 161 4925 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8212 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5280 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 282 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8212 (C2) HDA temperature 114 95 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.1% Above average	Read 115 Write 90.7 Mixed 103 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.48 119% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 69%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 67 242585487 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3056 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 77794632 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 791 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 36089 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065735 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 41 112207593501 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 268 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64555 (C2) HDA temperature 29 59 21474836509 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 39 242585487 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	30.8% Below average	Read 52.8 Write 54.8 Mixed 50.4 40% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.27 52% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 43%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 32GB 3,902 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 18GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 13.3 Mixed 12.1 22% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.36 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.7 97% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 77%

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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	247x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	243x
Core i7-2600Intel $190Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	61x
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
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	28x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	28x

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	19x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16