Asus P8Z68-M PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.84% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-M PRO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 05:00
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 385 50% 377 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Device(0000 0000) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.84% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 9 Parallax 1.97 0% 3.69 fps	MRender 9.14 Gravity 4.13 Splatting 6.26 5% 6.51 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.84% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 82 96 101 108 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 127 Write 118 Mixed 82.4 SusWrite 92.1 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 88%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 920GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 63 68 70 71 72 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 70.1 Write 69.9 Mixed 51.4 SusWrite 66.5 48% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 51%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 131 125 130 130 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 101 Write 102 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 128 72% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,966 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

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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 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 $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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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 $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