Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	15.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '16 at 12:51
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 174 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 338 45% 335 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% XFX(1682 3262) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24% Poor	Lighting 29.1 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 34.6 24% 31.6 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 23.2 Splatting 37 25% 29.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19671 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 218 (B1) Unknown 93 93 226 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 63 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11089488989	80.3% Excellent	Read 511 Write 345 Mixed 362 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 20.2 96% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 76.7 98% 178 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216134168 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11164 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18764975 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19745 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 69 50 52160364575 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 135770 (C2) HDA temperature 31 50 -140737488355297 (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 49306224561172 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6954232140 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15085300162	97.8% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 157 Mixed 152 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.24 75% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 114%
WD 3200JB External 320GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 39GB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	6.47% Terrible	Read 27.5 Write 6.49 Mixed 8.76 14% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.16 18% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.47% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.3% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.1 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 67%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	487x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	424x
Core i7-2600Intel $190Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	133x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	123x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	103x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	71x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	66x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	52x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16