Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 29% Raft


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. 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 58.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	55.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 22:29
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Memory 67.8 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 145 56% 95.6 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 402 41% 332 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 71 Parallax 63.3 58% 68.3 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 65.7 Splatting 56.7 53% 65.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 126GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3939 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1290 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 27814 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 41628087 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 4160985835 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27814 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23170	40.6% Average	Read 264 Write 92.7 Mixed 133 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 14.5 66% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 58.7 DQ Mixed 30.2 42% 78.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 45%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 38078594 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 -94935957093500 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4233 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 47 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (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 38078594 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 38078594 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 38078594 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18043 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16434 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16434 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23496	34.6% Below average	Read 165 Write 91.4 Mixed 102 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 8.85 63% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 86.4 DQ Mixed 27.4 39% 73.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 61%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 128GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 209 206 4533 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18332 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3305 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21621 (C2) HDA temperature 116 94 34 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	24.1% Poor	Read 54.9 Write 29.1 Mixed 60.3 37% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.19 42% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-439.A00LF 4x4GB 760 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 14 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 107 38% 107 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 84%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	485x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	421x
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	121x
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	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 $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