Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	97.9% 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	94.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colores, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120417
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 16 '17 at 06:42
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 154 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 437 45% 362 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 146 Parallax 139 98% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12725 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 56 (B1) Unknown 98 98 25 (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 63 44 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20324762210	94.3% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 391 Mixed 418 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 41 130% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 92 100% 170 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 134%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 605GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 6216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 152 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 731274 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 34 (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	53.4% Above average	Read 86.1 Write 100 Mixed 93.8 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 103GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 143 9558 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 130 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37842 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 116 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 125823 (C2) HDA temperature 116 89 36 (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	59.4% Above average	Read 112 Write 95.4 Mixed 99 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-442.A00LF 8502 1866 CL9 Series 9905403-442.A00LF 8502 1866 CL9 Series 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.2% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 15 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 48%

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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	142x
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	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	13x

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: 69% - Good

Total price: $545

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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