Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120117
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 03:03
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 497 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2992) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 119 Parallax 109 87% 112 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 100 Splatting 85.6 76% 93.6 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 434GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2229 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 640 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9599 (C2) HDA temperature 103 89 40 (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	86.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 145 Mixed 128 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.29 100% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 197 3 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 99 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8170 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3626 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8170 (C2) HDA temperature 98 83 45 (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 41 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37% Below average	Read 73.2 Write 55.5 Mixed 61.1 48% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.35 94% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 61%
WD 3200AAC External 320GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 206GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 35.1 Write 37.8 Mixed 36 47% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.35 85% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 18.2 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 23%

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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	423x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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 $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 $273	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 $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 $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