Asus P8Z68-M PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	102% 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	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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-M PRO (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130509
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 31 '17 at 11:56
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 435 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.92% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 3.31 Parallax 1.41 2% 2.27 fps	MRender 3.14 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.87 2% 2.72 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.92% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hectron HECX1-120G 120GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: H1DB07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 630 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1184 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 95 (A3) Unknown 100 100 57 (A4) Unknown 100 100 98366 (A5) Unknown 100 100 115 (A6) Unknown 100 100 14 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 95 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 28 (B1) Unknown 100 100 656 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 366930 (F2) Unknown 100 100 213740 (F5) Unknown 100 100 196732	102% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 374 Mixed 423 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39.9 152% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 81.4 112% 204 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 213GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 467 (03) Spinup time 141 140 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7649 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7338 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 434 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7214 (C2) HDA temperature 101 93 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	55.5% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 95.2 Mixed 87.4 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.37 89% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 1,320 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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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 $81Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	62x
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

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