Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.8% 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	48.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120822
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '21 at 15:22
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 432 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 18.3 Reflection 18.8 Parallax 19 15% 18.7 fps	MRender 15.7 Gravity 19.5 Splatting 17.6 14% 17.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 15%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4004RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 102 74 61 50 44 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 437 Write 380 Mixed 181 SusWrite 89.4 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 15.2 70% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 36 46% 83.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 1x4GB 1,500 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.7 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 10.3 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 33%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	486x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	423x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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