Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	46.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '20 at 21:45
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 (97^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 574 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 838B) 1GB CLim: 830 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 15% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
P3-1TB 1TB 2,113 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 860GB free (System drive) Firmware: T181 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 135 138 137 137 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 328 Write 121 Mixed 168 SusWrite 137 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 14.4 4K Mixed 20 60% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 126 98% 137 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 105%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 142 141 142 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 154 Write 135 Mixed 108 SusWrite 140 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 120 119 120 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 71 Write 69.7 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 119 60% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 85%
WD WD2000JD-00HBB0 195GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 66GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	4.53% Terrible	Read 4.5 Write 8.7 Mixed 1.2 SusWrite 11.2 5% 6.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 4.53% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C7 2x4GB 296 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 65%

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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 $194Bench 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 $190Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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