Asus P8Z68-M PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.93% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus P8Z68-M PRO  (all builds)
Memory6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1776 x 1000 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20111206
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateFeb 08 '18 at 14:10
Run Duration89 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-2400-$250
LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 93.6
1-Core 102
2-Core 201
77% 132 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 392
53% 393 Pts
64-Core 394
24% 394 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670
Asus(1043 0443) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
5.93% Terrible
Lighting 7.87
Reflection 7.62
Parallax 6.34
6% 7.28 fps
MRender 6.29
Gravity 5.8
Splatting 6.17
5% 6.09 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 5.93%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
55.5% Above average
Read 87.9
Write 105
Mixed 94.1
72% 95.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 1.35
4K Mixed 0.42
91% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 55.5%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
36.3% Below average
MC Read 12
MC Write 11.9
MC Mixed 10.3
33% 11.4 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 12.7
SC Mixed 11.7
34% 11.8 GB/s
Latency 60.7
66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 36.3%
Great: 36%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical P8Z68-M PRO Builds (Compare 366 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-M PRO

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $531
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