Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.8% 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	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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	37.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '17 at 08:10
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 598 66% 521 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Gigabyte(1458 21FD) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Lighting 27.6 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 25.7 22% 25.4 fps	MRender 20.3 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 29.7 21% 24.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 781GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 50 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 578 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 54 (C2) HDA temperature 113 106 30 (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	104% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 169 Mixed 164 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.33 123% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3200827AS 200GB-$128 2,755 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 172GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 94 235801015 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5219 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 597444815466 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5123 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 555810849 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 51 19508374 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33.7% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 57.6 Mixed 53.5 43% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 19.5 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 77%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68 DELUXE - $250

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	260x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	36x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	35x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $210Bench 102%, 68,849 samples	13x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	18x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	13x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 5,347 samples	11x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $766

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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