Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 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 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '16 at 22:45
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 633 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.11.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Lighting 55.8 Reflection 37.2 Parallax 68.8 46% 53.9 fps	MRender 34.4 Gravity 54.1 Splatting 46.2 37% 44.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 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 97 97 10980 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1423 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 138 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5416556816
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD DW CDW0330ZFXE0 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 144GB free Firmware: 100. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	90% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 134 Mixed 114 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 85GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 158 6433 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4934 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2506 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 340 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 162288 (C2) HDA temperature 123 106 27 (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	58.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 99.2 Mixed 94.8 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.25 66% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.2% 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	263x
Core i7-2600Intel $184Bench 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	26x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $785

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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