Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111021
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 11 '21 at 20:36
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 391 44% 343 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.1% 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) 2.5GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	0.76% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 1.8 Parallax 1.8 0% 1.23 fps	MRender 2.7 Gravity 1.5 Splatting 3.2 2% 2.47 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.76% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0 (TurboPC EX) 2TB 894GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 122 133 139 139 133 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.8% Poor	Read 251 Write 144 Mixed 99.7 SusWrite 134 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 1.6 34% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 5.2 DQ Write 51.8 DQ Mixed 2.9 10% 20 MB/s

Toshiba HDWE140 (TurboPC EX) 4TB 2.5TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 167 161 172 161 144 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.9% Below average	Read 286 Write 162 Mixed 126 SusWrite 162 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 0.8 54% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 4.7 DQ Write 44.3 DQ Mixed 10.1 12% 19.7 MB/s

WD WD10EARX-00N0YB0 (TurboPC EX) 1TB 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 65 53 54 59 51 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.7% Above average	Read 151 Write 80.3 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 56.9 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 156% 1.23 MB/s

Seagate BUP Portable 5TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 3TB free, PID ac36 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 123 120 122 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 88.9 Write 110 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 117 135% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 177% 2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 52%
Seagate BUP Slim 2TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID ac2d Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 129 129 129 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 109 Write 96.9 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 127 138% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 58% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-025.A00LF 99U5474-038.A00LF 8GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.8% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.7 23% 8.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	487x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	424x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 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 $269	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16