Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111021
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '23 at 22:29
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 229 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 445 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A3) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.3% Very good	Lighting 95.4 Reflection 95.6 Parallax 87.3 78% 92.8 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 76.1 70% 87.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 711GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 371 403 416 409 407 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 431 Mixed 424 SusWrite 378 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 49.7 162% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 368 277% 370 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$76 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 85 84 86 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 129 Write 130 Mixed 75 SusWrite 84.4 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 215 220 220 222 220 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 174 168 161 170 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 104 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 163 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.7 226% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Portable 1TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 320GB free, PID 2343 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 119 118 119 120 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	51% Above average	Read 74.7 Write 40.5 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 117 97% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 184% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,104 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%

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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	487x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	424x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 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 $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 $269	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 $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 $40	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