Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120417
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 18:05
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 538 57% 454 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 68.5 67% 76.8 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 75.7 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 40GB free Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 33563 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1078 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 310 (AE) Unknown 100 100 194 (B5) Unknown 100 100 8748923814773 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 90 90 10 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	51.3% Above average	Read 477 Write 189 Mixed 273 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 4.39 55% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 6.85 37% 84.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1428 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 185 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2565377068
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 363GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 136 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5566 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1410 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5502 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 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 4	74.6% Very good	Read 142 Write 118 Mixed 124 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.33 138% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 76%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 325GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 4366 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3340 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 390 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 143 143 173625 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	50% Average	Read 78.1 Write 95.9 Mixed 92.9 67% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 54%

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

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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