Asus P8Z68-M PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.3% 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	65.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-M PRO (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110720
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '20 at 19:19
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 91.1 2-Core 180 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 356 45% 340 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 845B) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Lighting 21.1 Reflection 19.7 Parallax 25.8 17% 22.2 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 25.6 Splatting 23.4 21% 25.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 960GB-$54 11,103 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 545GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 98 4.4 4.4 4.3 5.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 481 Write 423 Mixed 395 SusWrite 67.7 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 24.1 105% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 37.1 88% 177 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 91%
Tcsunbow X3 120GB 1,572 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 112GB free Firmware: S0729A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 221 234 234 235 232 MB/s Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.4% Good	Read 252 Write 226 Mixed 230 SusWrite 221 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 22.9 96% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 43.5 69% 132 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 112%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 25GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 61 Write 57.7 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 73 46% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 44GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 95 118 131 131 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 146 Write 101 Mixed 41 SusWrite 113 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 113%
Generic Flash Disk 64GB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 59GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 0.8 13 14 8.8 14 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 13.5 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 10.5 22% 18.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 75% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF 9905403-181.A00LF 8GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 15.3 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 53%

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

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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 $194Bench 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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Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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