Asus P8Z68-V LE

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.68% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43% 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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LE (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120302
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '17 at 20:58
Run Duration	1306 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 below expectations (10^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 74.7 1-Core 34.5 2-Core 67.2 40% 58.8 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 234 27% 211 Pts	64-Core 295 18% 295 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.3347 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	0.68% Terrible	Lighting 0.6 Reflection 1.85 Parallax 0.72 0% 1.05 fps	MRender 1.38 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 1.48 1% 1.24 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.68% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 195778201 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 -35038343183729 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1680 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 96 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (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 195778201 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 195778201 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 195778201 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32804 (EA) Unknown 0 0 40092 (F1) Unknown 0 0 40092 (F2) Unknown 0 0 175201	43% Average	Read 410 Write 63.3 Mixed 102 41% 191 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 11.7 67% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 85.7 DQ Write 55.4 DQ Mixed 23.4 30% 54.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 70%
WD WD2500JD-00HBB0 250GB-$140 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 8GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 122 120 6433 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3973 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22448 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1774 (C2) HDA temperature 128 97 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 10 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	28.9% Poor	Read 44.2 Write 56.3 Mixed 37.8 34% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.24 65% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 33%
WD WD5002ABYS-01B1B0 400GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 5GB free Firmware: 02.03B02 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 237 186 1116 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2247 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1796 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2247 (C2) HDA temperature 127 105 20 (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	58% Above average	Read 100 Write 102 Mixed 78.2 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.35 68% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 58%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 25GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	27% Poor	Read 106 Write 26.3 Mixed 35.3 56% 56 MB/s	4K Read 2.65 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.57 87% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 36%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 897 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 14GB free, PID c75d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	8.59% Terrible	Read 30.1 Write 5.69 Mixed 9.72 15% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.76 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.55 57% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.59% Great: 11%
Generic Mass-Storage 34GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 13GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	6.63% Terrible	Read 2.53 Write 8.03 Mixed 4.35 7% 4.97 MB/s	4K Read 1.85 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.69 76% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 6.63% Great: 9%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	4.62% Terrible	Read 18 Write 5.76 Mixed 8 11% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.95 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.03 13% 1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.62% Great: 9%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 2GB 664 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 1607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	3.19% Terrible	Read 10.4 Write 3.45 Mixed 6.28 8% 6.72 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 15% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.19% Great: 6%
USB Flash Disk 2GB 1,397 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 0GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.56% Terrible	Read 18.6 Write 5.69 Mixed 7.69 11% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.54 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 10% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.56% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 8634 SUPERTALENT02 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.8% Average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 91 44% 91 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 48%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LE

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	183x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	132x
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	58x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	40x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	39x
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 $62Bench 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	14x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $443

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 $176	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