Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.52% 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.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (89%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111021
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 20:48
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	89%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 77.9 1-Core 63.5 2-Core 90.5 51% 77.3 Pts	4-Core 159 8-Core 222 24% 190 Pts	64-Core 168 10% 168 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3870 554 User benchmarks, average bench 6% AMD(1002 2542) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 2.31 6% 7.16 fps	MRender 6.57 Gravity 3.4 Splatting 13.7 7% 7.9 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$99 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 60 76 116 119 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 120 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 96.2 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 86%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 11 14 11 11 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	5.9% Terrible	Read 8.2 Write 9.5 Mixed 8 SusWrite 12.4 7% 9.52 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 5.9% Great: 83%
WD WD2500AACS-00M6B0 250GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 28GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 46 47 46 46 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 51.2 Write 44.7 Mixed 30 SusWrite 45.8 32% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 111% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 52%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 188GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 69 70 70 60 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 59.7 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 65.2 40% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 565GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 95 94 93 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 57.9 Write 65 Mixed 40.8 SusWrite 92.6 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 68%
MONSTER OD ADVANCE 124GB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 78GB free, PID 5650 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 20 19 22 22 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 40.7 Write 48 Mixed 8.2 SusWrite 21.1 38% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.6 28% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 31%
Apple iPod 120GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 28GB free, PID 1261 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 9.2 9.1 10 9.6 9.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	4.27% Terrible	Read 10.9 Write 11.7 Mixed 10.1 SusWrite 9.3 14% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 14% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.27% Great: 13%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 626GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 20.9 Mixed 19 SusWrite 18 28% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 43%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 30GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 9.5 9.7 10 10 9.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	5.36% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 8.9 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 9.6 16% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 29% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 5.36% Great: 86%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 422GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 18 17 17 18 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 27.6 Write 22.1 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 17.3 29% 22 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 59%
Samsung D3 Station 3TB 1,520 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 29GB free, PID 6124 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 24.4 Write 21.8 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 16.1 28% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600EL Series 1600EL Series 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	MC Read 9 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 11.9 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 7.4 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 51%

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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	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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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

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