Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (86%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 19:26
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	86%

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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 475 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Zotac(19DA 1203) 1.5GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1066 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 22% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2904 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 622 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 291 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524311 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 135 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2513	50% Above average	Read 519 Write 359 Mixed 224 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 3.76 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 0.5 17% 8.32 MB/s	DQ Read 88.3 DQ Write 34.5 DQ Mixed 45.4 38% 56 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 668GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 136225304 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 180051572 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2745 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 588709920 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47551 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 73014444064 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -5437428585790 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17980274297586 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -44088114736429	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 180 Mixed 115 117% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.39 108% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 1,320 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 17.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 63%

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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 $162Bench 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 $135Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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