Asus P8Z68-M PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.3% 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	93% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-M PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '20 at 22:19
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$195 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 185 77% 129 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 495 54% 431 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB CLim: 950 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.7.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.3% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 30 Parallax 56.9 37% 44.2 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 46.8 Splatting 37.7 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 888GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 417 444 441 440 449 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 422 Mixed 338 SusWrite 430 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 27.5 112% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 222 202% 309 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 200 200 207 208 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 140 Write 172 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 202 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 734GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 162 165 164 166 170 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 126 Write 177 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 162 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 3,407 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 21.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 71%

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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%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-M PRO

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	66x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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