Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	44.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , , ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '21 at 20:12
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 574 58% 473 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 83B4) 1GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 12% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 70 73 72 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 314 Write 75.2 Mixed 121 SusWrite 70.9 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 23.3 80% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 59.5 DQ Write 76.1 DQ Mixed 88.3 61% 74.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 70%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 51GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 74 76 77 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 322 Write 80.4 Mixed 121 SusWrite 75.7 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 34.9 4K Mixed 23.6 82% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 42.5 DQ Mixed 61.5 39% 42.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 70%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 434GB free Firmware: CR100-06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 80 80 82 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 56.9 Write 34.8 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 80.3 41% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 44%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 791GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 175 175 178 179 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 219 Write 167 Mixed 116 SusWrite 176 125% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 108%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 137 136 138 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 146 Write 122 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 137 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 702GB free Firmware: MS2OA7S0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 182 175 167 162 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 148 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 175 99% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 140 141 141 143 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 157 Write 145 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 140 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-073.A00LF 2x8GB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.3% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 11.2 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 61%

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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	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 $94Bench 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: $530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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