Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	95% 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.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 01:21
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 194 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 531 53% 432 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B 186B) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 12.6 Parallax 13.6 14% 14.5 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 12.8 Splatting 16.4 12% 14 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25688 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3733 (E8) Unknown 100 100 103428765776 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	95% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 408 Mixed 398 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 31.8 135% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 99.9 105% 174 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 106%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 165GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 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 253 253 7441 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21237 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5300 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 712 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20524 (C2) HDA temperature 103 92 49 (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	63.3% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 118 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.39 111% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 135GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 17 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7925 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16986 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5229 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2901 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14084 (C2) HDA temperature 104 95 48 (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	61.8% Good	Read 129 Write 86.4 Mixed 104 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.51 139% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-401.A00LF 4x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 64%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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