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 above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	38.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '18 at 02:40
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 96.4 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 180 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 351 48% 355 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 90GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 100 25947758 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 105123619591649 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 382 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 98 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 1 50 214751641601 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 100 25947758 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37248 (EA) Unknown 0 0 47680 (F1) Unknown 0 0 47680 (F2) Unknown 0 0 118976	38.1% Below average	Read 116 Write 72.9 Mixed 91.5 21% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 12.3 88% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 98.7 DQ Write 69.1 DQ Mixed 26.5 35% 64.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 47%
Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 250GB-$30 4,341 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 16GB free Firmware: FBEOC40C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4273 (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 18 18 36065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 141745 (C2) HDA temperature 189 189 210454315037 (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 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	17% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 29.8 Mixed 26.1 21% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.32 70% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 36%
Hitachi HDT721032SLA 320GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 1GB free, PID 004e Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	12.7% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 26.3 Mixed 6 24% 20.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.27 39% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991995 (996995) 2x4GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 21.3 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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 $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