Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '19 at 16:34
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 96.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 200 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 554 54% 442 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 67 Reflection 59.5 Parallax 80.7 55% 69.1 fps	MRender 60.2 Gravity 57.9 Splatting 78 55% 65.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 269 254 258 256 253 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 456 Mixed 384 SusWrite 276 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 43.1 159% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 367 276% 369 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 169GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 227 231 231 231 231 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 457 Mixed 361 SusWrite 250 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 43.4 162% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 338 263% 360 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDT721032SLA360 320GB-$26 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 122GB free Firmware: ST2OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 89 89 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 81.7 Write 86.7 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 89.1 55% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 781GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 202 203 204 204 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 153 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 203 117% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 112%
WD WD3200BEVS-16VAT0 320GB 1,492 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 285GB free Firmware: 12.01A12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 62 61 61 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 63.2 Write 60.5 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 61.1 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 37%

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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.4% 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	142x
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	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	13x

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: 69% - Good

Total price: $545

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