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 as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	47% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '17 at 04:12
Run Duration	346 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 514 51% 417 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% MSI(1462 2840) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 25% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 115GB 2,637 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 48GB free Firmware: 1.37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -84593675838774 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1235 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 95 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5056 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3136 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3136 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7744	33.6% Below average	Read 231 Write 68 Mixed 91.7 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 11.3 55% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 96.8 DQ Write 69.8 DQ Mixed 24.7 34% 63.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 49%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 16922172066785 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 347 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 141 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 346103 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 346103 (F2) Unknown 100 100 300288 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15228	47% Average	Read 477 Write 151 Mixed 255 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 8.96 58% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 20.7 DQ Write 61.9 DQ Mixed 8.83 16% 30.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 869GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 171 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7006 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24091 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1197 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6884 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 37 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75% Very good	Read 137 Write 125 Mixed 123 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 123GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 238 221 8083 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3443 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1180 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3441 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 40 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.6% Above average	Read 108 Write 86.1 Mixed 63.9 64% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.32 101% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 76%
Lexar JumpDrive S70 16GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID a201 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	5.26% Terrible	Read 18.6 Write 5.76 Mixed 7.79 11% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.47 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.005 21% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.26% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G16002 4x8GB 622 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 60%

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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 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	173x

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	58x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $37	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