Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.24% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110715
Uptime	10.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '16 at 01:00
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 69.4 1-Core 88.6 2-Core 170 62% 109 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 398 37% 308 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.24% Terrible	Lighting 2.43 Reflection 3.08 Parallax 1.69 2% 2.4 fps	MRender 3.43 Gravity 1.37 Splatting 4.7 3% 3.16 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.24% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th 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 98 98 5146 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 684 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 115 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14887555579	65.3% Good	Read 264 Write 210 Mixed 218 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 33.8 109% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 89.6 90% 145 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 295GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97770016 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3603 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 4295961382 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2341 (B7) Unknown 91 91 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 538181659 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4034 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 38654705691 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 3 97770016 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -49774375976066 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3843086212 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1122682024	52.7% Above average	Read 82.2 Write 102 Mixed 87.2 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.41 80% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 38GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 21432 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3360 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 25851677205 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18361 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2352 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 554958880 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 408 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3655 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 42949672992 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 3 21432 (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 25606595037438 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2139854262 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3855417565	57% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 107 Mixed 94.3 74% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.52 81% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA MD04ACA500 5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 614GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.9% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 25.8 Mixed 28.6 36% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.26 84% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 76%
WDC WD10 EADS-00L5B1 1TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 552GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 25.3 Mixed 13.6 28% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.28 74% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19.9% Very poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6 18% 6.27 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 5.5 17% 5.9 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 63%

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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	488x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	424x
Core i7-2600Intel $188Bench 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	103x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	71x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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