Asus P8Z68-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V LX (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '20 at 04:03
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 534 59% 465 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 152 Parallax 127 106% 136 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 129 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba HDWD105 500GB-$49 9,420 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 120 123 121 138 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 119 Write 145 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 127 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 184GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 129 128 125 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 123 Write 88.1 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 127 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 113%
ADATA SH14 750GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 200GB free, PID a14a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	9.64% Terrible	Read 31.5 Write 18.2 Mixed 16 SusWrite 18.6 26% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 25% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.64% Great: 35%
PI-357 External HDD 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 326GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 19 19 19 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 23.5 Write 18.5 Mixed 17 SusWrite 18.8 26% 19.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 52% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-003.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF 99U5584-003.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF 16GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 63%

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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	424x
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	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 $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 $40	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