Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.4% 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	87.6% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 18:04
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 100 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 370 51% 377 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5670 18,196 User benchmarks, average bench 6% XFX(1682 3061) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.4% Terrible	Lighting 7.73 Reflection 8.81 Parallax 6.09 6% 7.54 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 9.48 7% 7.91 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 418 420 423 321 204 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 481 Write 415 Mixed 411 SusWrite 366 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 33.9 129% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 87.8 DQ Mixed 117 94% 136 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 123%
Ocz-sabe R1000 240GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 122GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 89 87 87 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 308 Write 134 Mixed 155 SusWrite 88.6 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 18.6 69% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 74.4 DQ Mixed 103 89% 136 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 211GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 114 113 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 105 Write 98.6 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 114 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 187% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 70%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 280GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 122 122 123 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 120 Write 123 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 122 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 77%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 145GB free Firmware: JKAOA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 103 104 106 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 58 SusWrite 104 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 69%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 352GB free Firmware: SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 82 83 83 84 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 127 Write 125 Mixed 62.4 SusWrite 82.6 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 74%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 64GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 58GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 13 29 64 64 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 110 Write 88.3 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 44.1 74% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 48% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866EL Series 2x4GB 424 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 72%

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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	146x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	19x
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: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16