Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.1% 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	48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110509
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 00:06
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 185 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 356 48% 355 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 835E) 1GB CLim: 775 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 16.2 Reflection 19.2 Parallax 14.6 13% 16.6 fps	MRender 23.1 Gravity 16.6 Splatting 19 16% 19.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 256GB-$109 1,725 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 175 118 116 107 116 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.7% Average	Read 242 Write 235 Mixed 234 SusWrite 134 48% 211 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 23.7 76% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 133 107% 149 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 107%
Plextor PX-128M2P 128GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 46GB free Firmware: 1.09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 312 309 292 306 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 415 Write 310 Mixed 234 SusWrite 303 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 20.4 73% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 173 137% 189 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 86%
WD 3200BEV External 320GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 205GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 27 26 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 23.7 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 27 34% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 20%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 757GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 81 80 80 81 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 99 Write 95.3 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 81.4 102% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 3,671 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.9% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 9.9 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 81%

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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 $197Bench 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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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