Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.4% 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	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111021
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 18:39
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing as expected (56^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, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 86.8 2-Core 162 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 280 34% 260 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 45 Reflection 42.5 Parallax 38 37% 41.8 fps	MRender 36.6 Gravity 38.6 Splatting 34.8 30% 36.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
VK0480GDJXV 480GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4IWVHPG1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 130 130 5641936 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22447 (AD) Unknown 10 10 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 523991777909 (B4) Unknown 130 130 44381830 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 20 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0	79.8% Very good	Read 396 Write 443 Mixed 427 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 20.3 109% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 21 42% 79.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 177GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 87 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 25 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 72 63 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 899299712	60.1% Good	Read 268 Write 214 Mixed 219 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 21.6 115% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 72.7 50% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 134%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 550GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 90.6 Write 105 Mixed 101 130% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 19 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 16.6 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 63%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	486x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	422x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	133x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	65x
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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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