Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 12:23
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 218 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 568 64% 502 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8504) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.9% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 72.8 63% 77.1 fps	MRender 77.5 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 63.6 57% 70.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010410 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3877 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1278 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 120 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4296999533 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 77 386465815 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 120 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 23 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 303714 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 31 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 47 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 532 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 303714 (F2) Unknown 100 100 339863	61.3% Good	Read 265 Write 258 Mixed 259 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 18 103% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 16.5 40% 77.8 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 95%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7989 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2574 (B1) Unknown 95 95 165 (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 74 63 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1631 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14910718108	43.8% Average	Read 349 Write 137 Mixed 195 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 9.08 57% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 55 DQ Mixed 9.14 34% 77.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 76%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 968GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 170 7966 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1913 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2059 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 818 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11036 (C2) HDA temperature 123 111 29 (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	53% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 89.6 Mixed 91.7 70% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.16 36% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 83%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 58GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 193 3091 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3582 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2003 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 994 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2587 (C2) HDA temperature 122 111 28 (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	90% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 139 Mixed 149 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 4.42 4K Mixed 0.34 160% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 2,772 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2000 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	66.1% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.9 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 104%

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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/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 $84Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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