Asus A68HM-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.73% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	58.9% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus A68HM-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '20 at 16:39
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 860K-$51 29,887 User benchmarks, average bench 45% FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Memory 71.5 1-Core 59.7 2-Core 98.1 48% 76.4 Pts	4-Core 159 8-Core 162 22% 161 Pts	64-Core 170 10% 170 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% PNY(196E 089C) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.73% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 9.19 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.1 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 14.8 11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.73% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 186 80 76 77 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 385 Write 120 Mixed 281 SusWrite 128 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 23 85% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 160 136% 197 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 930GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 185 184 183 185 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 187 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 184 107% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 149GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 102 103 103 104 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 58 SusWrite 102 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 88%
Sony Storage Media 8GB 1,494 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 05ba Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	7.14% Terrible	Read 32.2 Write 3.3 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.6 11% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.14% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905474-050.A00LF 9905474-040.A00LF 8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.3% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 12.1 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 6.4 15% 5.3 GB/s	Latency 97.9 41% 97.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 50%

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 13%

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Motherboard: Asus A68HM-PLUS

CPU
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	59x
A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $175Bench 43%, 12,658 samples	46x
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	35x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	59x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	51x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	40x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	41x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	41x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	26x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $87

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16