Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120822
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '16 at 17:30
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 105 2-Core 204 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 408 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 27,834 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 C959) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4195 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	1.78% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 3.5 Parallax 0.81 2% 2.18 fps	MRender 2.86 Gravity 1.7 Splatting 1.87 2% 2.14 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.78% Great: 2%
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 0699) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4195 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.85% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 5.69 Parallax 2.97 4% 4.33 fps	MRender 2.86 Gravity 0.97 Splatting 1.83 2% 1.88 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.85% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WL3000GSA6472 3TB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 190 178 5458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 51 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3067 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 36 (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	85.4% Excellent	Read 144 Write 153 Mixed 134 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.27 110% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 85%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 579GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150296109 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 956 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 623260142 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 477 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 656474146 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 81604378658 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 21 150296109 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 76012331246565 (F1) Unknown 100 253 79508606 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1248819777	50.4% Above average	Read 91.4 Write 84.1 Mixed 83 65% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.27 73% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 2x8GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 60%

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

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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 $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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16