Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.1% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110805
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '20 at 16:47
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 188 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 508 53% 425 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873A) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.8% Very good	Lighting 90.6 Reflection 83.1 Parallax 85.1 74% 86.3 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 74.9 71% 88.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 367 220 191 176 177 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 445 Mixed 367 SusWrite 235 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 43.3 155% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 366 276% 369 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 134%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 330GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 66 67 67 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 41.5 Mixed 46.4 SusWrite 65.9 41% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 43%
Marvell Raid VD 0 300GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 240GB free Firmware: MV.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 111 111 115 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 120 Write 125 Mixed 64 SusWrite 112 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.6 287% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 121%
Seagate FreeAgent XTreme 1.5TB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 700GB free, PID 3101 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 23.8 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 27 34% 26 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 79%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68 DELUXE - $250

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	263x
Core i7-2600Intel $186Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	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 $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