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 (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 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	78.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '18 at 20:14
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	44%

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 i5-2550K-$119 2,925 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 442 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV500480G 480GB 7,138 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 003056RI SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 210 86 84 53 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 396 Write 414 Mixed 346 SusWrite 148 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 34.6 134% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 189 167% 251 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 95%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 311GB free Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 209 212 327 195 241 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 344 Write 105 Mixed 353 SusWrite 254 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 32.7 132% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 191 174% 262 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 102%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 214GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 120 112 112 112 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 112 Write 120 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 115 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.3 220% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 75%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 250GB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 43GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 25.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 25.8 35% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 60% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 63%

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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 $190Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16