Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '21 at 04:17
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 109 2-Core 191 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 438 56% 426 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 401C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 185 Parallax 188 152% 187 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 163 Splatting 136 134% 168 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 139%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 141 156 173 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 148 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 131 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 181% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-197.A00LF 2x4GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	70	0"	1280 720

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

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 $187Bench 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 $139Bench 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 $39
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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