Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.6% 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	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 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 23:09
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (87^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 559 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.1% 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: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 102 Parallax 90.8 78% 96.4 fps	MRender 85.2 Gravity 87.5 Splatting 84.2 70% 85.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1607 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1772 (B1) Unknown 93 93 74 (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 62 45 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 184 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8083674777	61.7% Good	Read 474 Write 102 Mixed 157 53% 244 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 11.4 100% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 98.1 DQ Mixed 23.1 60% 132 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 108%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 13GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4440924 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 53 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 7533372662636 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2375 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1063 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 336 (BD) vendor-specific 28 76 55839555612 (C2) HDA temperature 28 76 55839555612 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4440924 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 53 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4440924 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4440924 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31438 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27418 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27418 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19007	64.7% Good	Read 511 Write 147 Mixed 228 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 14.6 109% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 49 49% 74.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 87%
MUSHKIN MKNUFDAM16GB 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 10GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 128 Write 7.1 Mixed 11.8 38% 49 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.04 43% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 26%

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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	48.8% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 15.2 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 50%

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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 $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