Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	74.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '18 at 02:39
Run Duration	86 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 481 64% 481 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3068 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 662 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 291 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655385 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3499	74.2% Very good	Read 520 Write 352 Mixed 363 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 9.85 67% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 48 100% 206 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 859GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149939736 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2798 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 180195451 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11921 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2783 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 538771487 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 266 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48180 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 73014444063 (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 -74861279958204 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20180347804632 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -39118770412557	116% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 202 Mixed 182 147% 195 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.44 125% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 296 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 21.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 22.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 82%

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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	488x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	424x
Core i7-2600Intel $188Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	196x

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 $139Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16