Asus P8Z68-M PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.2% 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	50.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-M PRO (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110720
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '17 at 05:20
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$192 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 468 50% 398 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 2201) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 24.1 Parallax 27.1 18% 24.4 fps	MRender 21.5 Gravity 25.7 Splatting 29.7 21% 25.6 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 47667195 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -137026636602825 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1700 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 93 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 51542294562 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 47667195 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 47667195 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 47667195 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4581 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3506 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3506 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9261	50.7% Above average	Read 496 Write 132 Mixed 204 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 10.2 66% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 11 29% 57.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 81%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 760GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 163 157 6841 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2154 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8526 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1685 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33486 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 32 (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 0	44.3% Average	Read 75.4 Write 78.7 Mixed 71.6 57% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 257GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 178 5941 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3729 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 29045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3139 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 478 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3730 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 34 (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 0	39.5% Below average	Read 70.8 Write 66.3 Mixed 67.8 52% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,808 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 63%

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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 $192Bench 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 $140Bench 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 $274	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 $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