Asus P8Z68-M PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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. 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-M PRO (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '18 at 07:56
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (41^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 (98^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 84.2 2-Core 169 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 316 43% 318 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 8496) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.91% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.35 Parallax 1.16 2% 1.95 fps	MRender 2.81 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 2.09 2% 2.41 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.91% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3000DM008-2DM166 2TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 98 108 108 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 158 Write 165 Mixed 84 SusWrite 104 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 195GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 77 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 80 Write 71.2 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 80.6 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A00LF 2x4GB 6,486 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.9% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 54%

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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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Typical P8Z68-M PRO Builds (Compare 365 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-M PRO

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	66x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	61x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	20x

SSD
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	28x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	15x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	14x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	13x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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