Asus P8Z68-V LE

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LE (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110621
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 16:45
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 176 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 457 46% 374 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.19% Terrible	Lighting 2.43 Reflection 3.19 Parallax 1.66 2% 2.43 fps	MRender 3.19 Gravity 1.33 Splatting 4.48 3% 3 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.19% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 PCIe 240GB 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 117 651863186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 86698209852690 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 225 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (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 651863186 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 651863186 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 651863186 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38175 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27231 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27231 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27418	65.1% Good	Read 655 Write 160 Mixed 200 73% 338 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 13.7 67% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 63.6 86% 160 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 89%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214911920 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2750 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 130614455 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 762 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 41 41 59 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 689438755 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 250 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10468 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 55834574883 (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 133320079843400 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37486618945 (F2) Unknown 100 253 92279021723	66.2% Good	Read 103 Write 128 Mixed 134 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.12 35% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 94%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 224GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 163 6725 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7794 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1743 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 460 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 130721 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.2% Average	Read 70.6 Write 76.9 Mixed 65.3 53% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.02 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.03 9% 0.11 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 59%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 30GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 159 6766 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12847 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6672 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2092 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12844 (C2) HDA temperature 118 93 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.6% Below average	Read 76 Write 61.6 Mixed 60.5 50% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 51%
ST2000LM 003 HN-M201R 2TB 408 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 100GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 39 Mixed 39.2 50% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.34 40% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 6,575 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.2% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.67 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.6 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 77%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LE

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	181x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	131x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	58x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	40x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	38x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	34x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	20x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	16x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	13x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $443

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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