Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120510
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 23:10
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 181 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 423 46% 362 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% PNY(196E 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	21.9% Poor	Lighting 22.5 Reflection 46.1 Parallax 39.3 18% 36 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 39.2 Splatting 34.4 29% 35 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 214 191 176 180 181 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	38.3% Below average	Read 231 Write 200 Mixed 188 SusWrite 192 46% 203 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 26.7 4K Mixed 11.1 43% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 79.7 DQ Mixed 29 40% 73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 58%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 720GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 35 42 44 33 24 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 91.8 Write 72.5 Mixed 40 SusWrite 36.3 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 465GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 94 99 101 95 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 122 Write 101 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 94.9 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 642GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 157 157 155 154 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 154 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,780 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 13.7 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $187Bench 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 $139Bench 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 $290	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16