Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '20 at 04:26
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (58^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)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 210 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 597 64% 507 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1571) 1.2GB CLim: 732 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	20.9% Poor	Lighting 24.7 Reflection 38 Parallax 27.7 20% 30.1 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 20.3 Splatting 25.4 22% 28 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 833GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 361 448 454 458 459 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 458 Mixed 393 SusWrite 422 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 34.7 143% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 223 203% 311 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 122%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 16GB free Firmware: 2.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 97 99 101 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 328 Write 120 Mixed 153 SusWrite 99.8 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 34.9 4K Mixed 23.8 84% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 133 102% 141 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 82%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 252GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 81.8 Write 77 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 75.7 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 85%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 82GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 35 35 35 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 31.8 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 34.4 42% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 81% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 22%

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 (86^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 77%

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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 $197Bench 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 $210Bench 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 $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