Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '17 at 18:14
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 116 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 599 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1517 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 84% 105 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 80 72% 89.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 120GB-$30 2,058 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 36GB free Firmware: S9FM02.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4218 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 870 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 27 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8257543 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 575867	38.9% Below average	Read 326 Write 109 Mixed 155 43% 197 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 3.27 62% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 77.1 DQ Mixed 2.11 16% 34.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 66%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 15009267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 53 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 64931315606378 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2364 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1052 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 336 (BD) vendor-specific 31 76 55839555615 (C2) HDA temperature 31 76 55839555615 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15009267 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 53 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15009267 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15009267 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31427 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27408 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27408 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18859	44.4% Average	Read 362 Write 117 Mixed 175 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 6.28 72% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 38.7 37% 54.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 8394 991770 (996770) 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 8394 991770 (996770) 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 50%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $88Bench 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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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