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 below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

Very high background CPU (90%). 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	2.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	19.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 00:30
Run Duration	21960 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 171 74% 122 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 315 39% 298 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 117GB free Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (39^th 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 96 96 16738 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 783 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 136 (B2) Unknown 95 95 96 (B3) Unknown 95 95 182 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3850 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 80 (E8) Unknown 95 95 1920 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6829954331 (F2) Unknown 99 99 17144715501	59.4% Above average	Read 264 Write 251 Mixed 256 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 20 94% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 82.7 DQ Mixed 56 60% 103 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 76%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 114GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9354 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1106 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 273 (B2) Unknown 93 93 142 (B3) Unknown 94 94 238 (B4) Unknown 94 94 3794 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 51 (E8) Unknown 93 93 1874 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7039981844 (F2) Unknown 99 99 17275112791	59.5% Above average	Read 375 Write 281 Mixed 247 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 14.9 73% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 68.5 DQ Mixed 49.8 58% 102 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 73%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 79GB free Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th 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 96 96 16902 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1004 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 288 (B2) Unknown 94 94 118 (B3) Unknown 95 95 200 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3832 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 53 (E8) Unknown 94 94 1898 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12338445812 (F2) Unknown 99 99 23668221656	57% Above average	Read 263 Write 236 Mixed 257 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 19.3 89% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 56.9 60% 100 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 76%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 41GB free Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11206 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1087 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 339 (B2) Unknown 94 94 112 (B3) Unknown 94 94 224 (B4) Unknown 94 94 3808 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 52 (E8) Unknown 94 94 1904 (F1) Unknown 153 153 8840261618 (F2) Unknown 188 188 18423908985	53.5% Above average	Read 375 Write 173 Mixed 294 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 12.8 74% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 95 DQ Mixed 66.4 70% 119 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 37364 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 583 (B1) Unknown 92 92 276 (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 61 55 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 87586005323
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 10GB free Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 40017 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 799 (B1) Unknown 97 97 94 (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 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 14 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 77805372691	92.5% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 277 Mixed 384 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 28 142% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 84.1 117% 218 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 167GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2400 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 110 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5340 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 32 (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	47.9% Average	Read 95.2 Write 71.9 Mixed 63.1 57% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.1 54% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 73GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 52 (03) Spinup time 179 175 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1514 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1023 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1433 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 33 (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	39.6% Below average	Read 70.1 Write 67.4 Mixed 66.8 51% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.44 116% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 74%
HGST HDN 726040ALE614 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free, PID 0611 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61% Good	Read 101 Write 186 Mixed 119 186% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.5 82% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 859B CT51264BD160BJ.C8F 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 859B CT51264BD160BJ.C8F 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.8 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 59%

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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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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