Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	18.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '18 at 18:49
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 405 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1580) 1.5GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 22% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 13119945 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 80178449486403 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2125 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 356 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 39 51542163480 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13119945 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13119945 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13119945 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7426 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6602 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6602 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10087
Poor: 50% Great: 81%
Seagate ST1000LM010-9YH146 1TB 2,987 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 910GB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 172228192 (03) Spinup time 96 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14075220 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1635 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 131080 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 436994074 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5019 (C2) HDA temperature 26 48 30064771098 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 34 172228192 (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 -99857989629083 (F1) Unknown 100 253 626197818 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2397374548	45.2% Average	Read 78.5 Write 79.2 Mixed 81.3 60% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.13 50% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 48%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 31GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 196 196 91917 (03) Spinup time 151 150 5408 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4859 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2734 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4827 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 143 143 57 (C5) Current pending sector count 187 187 1408 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 188 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 102 1 12608	59.1% Above average	Read 113 Write 92.5 Mixed 57.3 65% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.39 117% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 62%

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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 $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 $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