Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 15:48
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (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 (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 595 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.76% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.31 Parallax 2 2% 2.21 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 1.7 Splatting 1.91 2% 1.81 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.76% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 71642311 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 45913200397070 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3465 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 189 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (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 71642311 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 71642311 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 71642311 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3937 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4108 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4108 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23380	37.8% Below average	Read 188 Write 97.8 Mixed 126 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 10.2 74% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 7.25 23% 47.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 548GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 11 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 46 10588 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5821 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5682 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5684 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1289335 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 238 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389412894 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3629 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5892	62.3% Good	Read 103 Write 114 Mixed 117 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.41 117% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 359GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8520 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9421 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9254 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 487587869 (C2) HDA temperature 68 56 571473952 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 13303286 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	49.3% Average	Read 69.6 Write 102 Mixed 86.1 65% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.41 108% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 156GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8630 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9487 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9463 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9252 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 504430622 (C2) HDA temperature 67 58 588316705 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 16603253 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	41.4% Average	Read 74.9 Write 69.1 Mixed 72.6 54% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.44 105% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 19 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 77%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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