Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	66.6% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120510
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '20 at 09:07
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 174 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 338 44% 334 Pts	64-Core 338 21% 338 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Nvidia(10DE 11E6) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 525 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 13.6 12% 13.9 fps	MRender 5.43 Gravity 16.7 Splatting 18.4 12% 13.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 179 189 178 179 181 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 408 Write 262 Mixed 266 SusWrite 185 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 26.1 82% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 206 178% 268 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 110 108 112 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 124 Write 102 Mixed 102 SusWrite 111 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Expansion 1.5TB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 646GB free, PID 2321 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 91 91 93 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 98.6 Write 79.3 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 92.1 110% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.1 176% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 47%
Seagate BUP Slim GD 1TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 705GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 121 115 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 129 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 122 147% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.6 146% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.3% 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%

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	423x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 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 $269	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 $177	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