Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.1% 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)
Boot Drive	61.9% 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 23:40
Run Duration	313 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 208 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 590 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 72.7 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 62 59% 68.3 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 66.2 Splatting 56.7 53% 65.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 46832324318186 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 478 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 413 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 413 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 511789 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 58 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 511789 (F2) Unknown 100 100 719375 (F9) Unknown 100 100 16622	61.9% Good	Read 449 Write 185 Mixed 254 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 14.8 80% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 67.9 90% 161 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 88%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 43GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 2812112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 -16965120783782 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 401 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 17 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2812112 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2812112 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2812112 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12578 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8365 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8365 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19721	37.3% Below average	Read 205 Write 109 Mixed 119 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 11.6 59% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 93.5 DQ Mixed 35.1 48% 87.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 66302600 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1972 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8624658016 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 342 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 538509339 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 878 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4502 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 100 66302600 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -82141249535513 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32111275462 (F2) Unknown 100 253 101703975426	76.8% Very good	Read 147 Write 119 Mixed 64.1 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 6.87 4K Mixed 0.6 229% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8631 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 335 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 46161 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 29 (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	63.5% Good	Read 109 Write 112 Mixed 109 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.27 99% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 84%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 99Y1166 59Y1813XIV 2TB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 927GB free Firmware: BB45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 63 46183734 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1051 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 4303417373 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 622526497 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1092 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 112 99 46183734 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.4% Good	Read 128 Write 110 Mixed 98.6 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.49 115% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 788GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 161 6650 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10654 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30536 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 550 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 138 138 186430 (C2) HDA temperature 122 108 28 (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	61.8% Good	Read 113 Write 102 Mixed 114 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 67%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 327GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 194 3216 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7993 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7959 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 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	88.3% Excellent	Read 158 Write 149 Mixed 133 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 3.77 4K Mixed 0.4 158% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 117%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 175GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 195 3200 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18733 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 882 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18734 (C2) HDA temperature 121 99 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 186 186 685 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 192 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 62 0	45.7% Average	Read 41 Write 118 Mixed 89.6 63% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.43 107% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 69%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 86GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 197 2983 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8289 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 699 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8146 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 28 (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	88.5% Excellent	Read 159 Write 149 Mixed 138 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 3.81 4K Mixed 0.4 160% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 63%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	145x
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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	18x
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: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16