Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 49.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	33.7% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '23 at 12:29
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$189 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	49.5% Average	Memory 86.9 1-Core 57.6 2-Core 91.6 52% 78.7 Pts	4-Core 76.2 8-Core 62.9 10% 69.6 Pts	64-Core 59.8 4% 59.8 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BD) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 45.9 Parallax 41.5 35% 43.4 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 36.3 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 888GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 98 98 88 96 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63% Good	Read 121 Write 120 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 98 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 68%
SAMSUNG HD322HJ 320GB 21GB free, PID 0715 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 85 85 75 85 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.5% Below average	Read 74.1 Write 65.9 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 83.6 95% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 114% 1.3 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5471-066.A00LF 16GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25.9% Poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 9.7 23% 8.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 5.4 24% 8.37 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 61%

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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: 0P 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	62	44	60	22.7"	1280 720	FUS07A4 LL 3220T

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $189Bench 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 $254	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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16