Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	29.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	22.8 Days
Run Date	May 11 '16 at 06:55
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 (97^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 603 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Device(0000 0000) 1.2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk131 120GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 360A13F0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4242596 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 75514115036919 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1173 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 208 (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 100 100 4242596 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 69248 (EA) Unknown 0 0 40000 (F1) Unknown 0 0 40000 (F2) Unknown 0 0 49472	29.2% Poor	Read 190 Write 74.9 Mixed 98.3 26% 121 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 5.99 46% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 95.1 DQ Write 79.7 DQ Mixed 6.64 27% 60.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 43%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 176GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 178 5958 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1563 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 570 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 49513 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 32 (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	58.9% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 105 Mixed 100 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 84%
WD Green 2.5TB (2011)-$80 1,241 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 101GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 142 9758 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1921 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 756 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 50715 (C2) HDA temperature 124 100 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	42.4% Average	Read 79.2 Write 68.5 Mixed 66.5 54% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 72%
BUFFALO External HDD 1.5TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 185GB free, PID 01a9 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 25.1 Mixed 27.5 35% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.28 57% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 19%
BUFFALO External HDD 2TB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 155GB free, PID 01ea Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 34.6 Write 35.2 Mixed 34.6 45% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 21%
BUFFALO External HDD 1.5TB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 33GB free, PID 0108 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 35 Mixed 33.7 44% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.22 44% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.2% 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 - $250

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	260x
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	36x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	35x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $190Bench 102%, 68,849 samples	13x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	18x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	13x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 5,347 samples	11x

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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