Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.02% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110715
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '16 at 00:28
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2320-$165 38,345 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 181 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 348 45% 338 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 27,834 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 C954) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	2.02% Terrible	Lighting 2.37 Reflection 4.38 Parallax 0.81 2% 2.52 fps	MRender 3.43 Gravity 1.73 Splatting 2.91 2% 2.69 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.02% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series 120GB-$99 260 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: TG20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4778 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (AA) Unknown 95 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 24 100 47246802968 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 56815 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 44 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 95 100 0 (E9) Unknown 78 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 56815 (F2) Unknown 100 100 38558 (F9) Unknown 100 100 41316	34.9% Below average	Read 246 Write 115 Mixed 124 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 5.03 48% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 97.7 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 7.75 32% 71.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 72%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 241GB free Firmware: GM3OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 152 (03) Spinup time 113 113 25792151890 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2951 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2907 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3042 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3042 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 201863004184 (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 0	44.9% Average	Read 76.5 Write 79.7 Mixed 79.6 59% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.46 108% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-444.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-444.A00LF 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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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	423x
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	133x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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