Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120417
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 22 '18 at 23:17
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (97^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 579 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 70.9 67% 78.4 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 77.3 62% 75.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12071 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 795 (B1) Unknown 98 98 74 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23868783010	74.2% Very good	Read 268 Write 249 Mixed 252 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 34.6 128% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 142 122% 180 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 124%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.0 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 109 Write 122 Mixed 116 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.29 114% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 100%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 111GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 14 (03) Spinup time 173 171 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8315 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31578 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3529 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8242 (C2) HDA temperature 111 104 36 (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	77.8% Very good	Read 161 Write 110 Mixed 123 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.39 109% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 76%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 52GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8600 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4953 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3958 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 856 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4096 (C2) HDA temperature 112 107 40 (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	51.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 77 Mixed 89.3 68% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.37 110% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 63%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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