Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '22 at 19:03
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 585 58% 476 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3570 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 95.6 Parallax 90.2 80% 94.7 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 84.8 Splatting 76.6 74% 93 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 102 40 38 42 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 466 Write 446 Mixed 308 SusWrite 69.9 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 38.9 150% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 170 182% 303 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 108%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 59GB free Firmware: 0009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 105 109 110 108 108 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.8% Average	Read 254 Write 109 Mixed 148 SusWrite 101 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 15.4 89% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 41.6 58% 109 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 65%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 172GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 172 171 171 172 170 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 57.9 Write 136 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 157 68% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 338% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 94%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 112GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 79 81 81 80 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 61.7 Write 62.6 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 77.6 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 4,223 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 64%

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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	486x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	422x
Core i7-2600Intel $196Bench 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	65x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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