Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics9.23% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus P8Z68-V LX  (all builds)
Memory6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130701
Uptime15.8 Days
Run DateMay 30 '19 at 18:46
Run Duration179 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246
LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 91.2
1-Core 113
2-Core 227
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 408
8-Core 394
54% 401 Pts
64-Core 401
25% 401 Pts
Poor: 44%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740
EVGA(3842 3747) 2GB
CLim: 1084 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
9.23% Terrible
Lighting 10.4
Reflection 9.58
Parallax 12
8% 10.7 fps
MRender 13.4
Gravity 12.5
Splatting 13.3
11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 9.23%
Great: 8%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
379GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 459
Write 310
Mixed 308
80% 359 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 99.4
4K Mixed 32
131% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 237
206% 307 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78
621GB free
Firmware: FS2A
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 4,484
Write 64.7
Mixed 125
1,118% 1,558 MB/s
4K Read 575
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 3.6
24,379% 193 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 109%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
406GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 53 50 57 56 54 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
37.6% Below average
Read 77.5
Write 75.7
Mixed 25.8
SusWrite 53.5
42% 58.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
75% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 37.6%
Great: 83%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB
2.5TB free, PID 0820
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 118 118 118 118 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
47.7% Average
Read 139
Write 120
Mixed 21.5
SusWrite 118
127% 99.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
39% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 47.7%
Great: 53%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
51.1% Above average
MC Read 16.7
MC Write 18.6
MC Mixed 16.3
49% 17.2 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 18.6
SC Mixed 16.4
47% 16.3 GB/s
Latency 65.4
61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 51.1%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P8Z68-V LX Builds (Compare 1,840 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $333
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