Asus P8Z68-M PRO

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 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	63.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-M PRO (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '17 at 17:52
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 475 63% 473 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2730) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.6.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -34866543581053 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1015 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 772 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 109 109 24782895 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 772 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 439286 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 439286 (F2) Unknown 100 100 595749 (F9) Unknown 100 100 23575	63.4% Good	Read 519 Write 135 Mixed 190 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 17.4 92% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 48 67% 123 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 65 73428726 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3125840 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -33062658242657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 73 387383319 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 260 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1164 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 47244640279 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -24799141166954 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3266085401 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1135094610	87.6% Excellent	Read 158 Write 147 Mixed 107 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 745GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 104 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8798 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55730376 (09) Power-on hours count 79 11 18404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1025 (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 73 55 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 551 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8967 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 55834574875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 6 104 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -30112015687240 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1017566506 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2781671215	62.4% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 37.9 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.49 88% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 62%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-M PRO

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	66x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	61x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	20x

SSD
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	28x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	15x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	14x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	13x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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