Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.3% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 17:06
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 205 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 450 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 862A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 37 32% 35.6 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 37.7 Splatting 35.5 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 632GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 403 436 436 433 434 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 380 Write 418 Mixed 364 SusWrite 402 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 31.1 123% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 205 180% 265 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 102%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 3,378 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0342 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 25 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 25.2 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 25 20% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 99%
Generic- SD/MMC 1GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 0GB free, PID 6364 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.92% Terrible	Read 7.8 Write 4.5 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 5.5 7% 5.57 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 13% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.92% Great: 3%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 16GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 17 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%

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

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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	488x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	425x
Core i7-2600Intel $182Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	196x

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	104x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	71x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16