Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	42.2% 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 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (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	20121109
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 16:48
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	21%

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 i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 210 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 420 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 165880284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -129364414954793 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 35 38656999452 (C2) HDA temperature 28 35 38656999452 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 165880284 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 165880284 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 165880284 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 42949672961 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294960919 (EA) Unknown 0 0 912 (F1) Unknown 0 0 912 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2809 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4718647	42.2% Average	Read 266 Write 189 Mixed 112 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 16.3 47% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 78.1 DQ Mixed 45.6 52% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 65%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 467GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 171 171 25790251366 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5982 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 48103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2190 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6013 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6013 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 171799543838 (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 200 200 3839	68.1% Good	Read 107 Write 130 Mixed 69.7 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.46 99% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 85%
Jetflash Transcend 32GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 29GB free Firmware: 1100 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 119 Write 10.6 Mixed 58.2 47% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.53 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.02 362% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 78%
Samsung S2 Portable 320GB 1,030 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 14GB free, PID 1f03 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	7.71% Terrible	Read 29.8 Write 5.81 Mixed 14.6 18% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.25 32% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.71% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1600C9D3/4GX 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO - $390

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	703x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	380x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	124x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	111x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	61x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	76x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	70x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	67x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $989

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $539	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16