Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.41% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '18 at 04:56
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (56^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 413 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 405 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.41% Terrible	Lighting 4.17 Reflection 4.96 Parallax 3.72 3% 4.28 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.09 3% 4.38 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.41% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 350 351 359 351 357 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 448 Mixed 305 SusWrite 358 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 34.7 130% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 239 206% 301 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 830GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 128 129 128 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 130 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 128 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$99 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 345GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 87 84 80 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 63 Write 89.5 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 84.1 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.5 167% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 617GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 101 102 102 105 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 81.5 Write 81.5 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 102 101% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.5 265% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 76%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 696 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 237GB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 146 149 153 142 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 124 Write 130 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 153 152% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 0.9 283% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

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	422x
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	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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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