Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.6% 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	37.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '16 at 20:29
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 587 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2600) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 27.1 Parallax 20.7 19% 23.6 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 24.3 Splatting 25.4 21% 26 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Disk drive 60GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 33331173 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -65953517785883 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 421 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 33331173 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 33331173 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 33331173 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9119 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4281 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4281 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9164	37.2% Below average	Read 181 Write 58.6 Mixed 89.5 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 13.1 80% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 78 DQ Write 56.2 DQ Mixed 19.6 28% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 37%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 919GB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32974848 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 57 30082768826 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1062 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 555679776 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31094 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 77309411360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -893353188772 (F1) Unknown 100 253 57225036879897 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72577884187531	109% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 190 Mixed 162 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.4 115% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
Patriot Memory 4GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID 1e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	5.19% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 5.88 Mixed 8.29 11% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.14 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 24% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.19% Great: 9%

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 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 16.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 77%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	145x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	38x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	22x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	18x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	13x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	11x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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