Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 15:10
Run Duration	352 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 81.1 2-Core 145 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 405 40% 327 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 45.7 Parallax 40.7 39% 44.6 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 37.1 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ts128gss D720 128GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 52400821 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 59330678251672 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5048 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1026 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 88 12890669097 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 52400821 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 52400821 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 52400821 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20389 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26577 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26577 (F2) Unknown 0 0 62000	38.3% Below average	Read 351 Write 101 Mixed 135 42% 195 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 9.19 54% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 78 DQ Mixed 37.5 32% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 75%
Ts128gss D720 128GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 52GB free Firmware: 5.0. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3894613 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 128866198775749 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5635 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1606 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 55837786148 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3894613 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3894613 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3894613 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7433 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7695 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7695 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19706	47.9% Average	Read 362 Write 124 Mixed 177 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 29.7 4K Mixed 13.5 65% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 99.9 DQ Mixed 51.5 64% 115 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 75%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 11GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10739064 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 108671262540972 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4085 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 990 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 54 1009320853542 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10739064 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10739064 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10739064 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2727 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2234 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2234 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12840	73.7% Very good	Read 514 Write 319 Mixed 395 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 15.1 88% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 68 80% 140 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 89%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 846GB free Firmware: 0502 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 105 Write 127 Mixed 114 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Expansion 1.5TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 709GB free Firmware: 060E Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 25.5 Mixed 27.5 21% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 66%
WD WD7500AACS-00D6B0 750GB 4,630 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 182GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 164 6358 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13864 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 43023 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10277 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 773 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13845 (C2) HDA temperature 115 94 35 (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	27% Poor	Read 44.4 Write 49.2 Mixed 36.3 32% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.27 73% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 46%
WD WD7500AVVS-63E1B1 750GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 153GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 35 (03) Spinup time 172 164 6366 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12746 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 40900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9937 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3490 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12716 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 38 (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 33912 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.4% Average	Read 79.3 Write 88.9 Mixed 77.3 62% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.34 100% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 55%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 339GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 75.2 Write 76.6 Mixed 71.4 96% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 4,223 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 15.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.1% 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/GEN3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	145x
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	19x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x

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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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