Asus P8Z68-M PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-M PRO (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120822
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '21 at 00:11
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 229 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 596 64% 507 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2332 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.8% Above average	Lighting 59.3 Reflection 73.6 Parallax 62.8 48% 65.2 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 61.8 Splatting 65.4 56% 68.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 10GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 400 Write 321 Mixed 322 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 31 122% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 212 185% 273 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 50 54 60 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 56.8 Write 60 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 56.6 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 59%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 1TB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 101GB free, PID 2120 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 27 28 28 27 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 17.7 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 26.8 31% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 32% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 16%
SMI USB DISK 253GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 185GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 29 19 48 3.2 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 149 Write 130 Mixed 122 SusWrite 34.8 140% 109 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0 84% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 36%
External USB3.0 240GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 36GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 116 149 185 196 46 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 82 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 156 152% 118 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 18.5 4K Mixed 17.1 1,248% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 17.2 DQ Write 30.7 DQ Mixed 21.8 1,850% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 256%
CENTON USB 64GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 23GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 8.9 8.1 9.5 8 8.7 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	6.51% Terrible	Read 24.5 Write 6.5 Mixed 12 SusWrite 8.5 15% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.51% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 59%

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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 $191Bench 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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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