Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	79.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2048 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 02:51
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (31^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 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 38 2-Core 69.3 43% 62.3 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 393 32% 279 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12882 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 115 (AF) Unknown 100 100 206368211577 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 68 538640415 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 115 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 255274 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 79 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 3201 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 255274 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1036795	79.5% Very good	Read 508 Write 433 Mixed 435 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 25.6 92% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 81.1 DQ Mixed 47.3 49% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 110%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8416 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13010 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 464 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12789 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 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	74.4% Very good	Read 142 Write 117 Mixed 118 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.39 125% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 85%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 4GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID b4b5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	4.75% Terrible	Read 17.9 Write 6.38 Mixed 9.06 12% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.01 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 12% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.75% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 78%

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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 $130Bench 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 $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