Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (60%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '18 at 05:33
Run Duration	423 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing as expected (55^th 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-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 188 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 462 50% 395 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 3604) 3GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.4% Average	Lighting 54.4 Reflection 51.8 Parallax 67.8 44% 58 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 50.8 50% 63.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 139 139 38685376986 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3966 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3975 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3975 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 240518823980 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 65	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 183 Mixed 108 117% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 4.37 4K Mixed 0.61 187% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 121%
WD WD20EVDS-63T3B0 2TB 919 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 81GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 138 9541 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7868 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 569 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 678985 (C2) HDA temperature 119 106 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34% Below average	Read 57.3 Write 60.8 Mixed 45.2 41% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.35 88% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 58%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10.01E03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 156 2725 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2996 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 47152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2983 (BE) vendor-specific 58 39 42 (C2) HDA temperature 101 82 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	19.4% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 29.8 Mixed 31.9 25% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.02 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 2% 0.01 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5458-005.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 9905458-026.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 49%

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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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16