Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.5% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '17 at 01:06
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (51^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, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 494 54% 430 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 87% 107 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 81.2 74% 91.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9784 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1354 (B1) Unknown 92 92 286 (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 70 59 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 72 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40900096615	95.5% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 434 Mixed 465 105% 473 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 26.5 140% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 40.4 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 23.4 58% 113 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 791GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 1880 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3717 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 340840903 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17232 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2387 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 27 (BD) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 572063776 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3821 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 10 1880 (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 -61838939110164 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2711852499 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2123817601	61.6% Good	Read 119 Write 94.5 Mixed 89.2 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 6.35 4K Mixed 0.63 219% 2.58 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 569GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30212768 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 135073785 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1319 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 39277035552 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 77676 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 -140737488355296 (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 59296318494572 (F1) Unknown 100 253 128948969006 (F2) Unknown 100 253 128996613717	72.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 118 Mixed 119 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.26 81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 371GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134887912 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30017440 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 588775455 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5941 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 31 (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 39354785335436 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35919431056 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1498726982759	68.3% Good	Read 110 Write 127 Mixed 103 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.57 189% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.7% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 10.6 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 11.9 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 79%

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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 $300	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