Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.9% 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)
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '17 at 04:52
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	64% Good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 86.6 2-Core 174 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 351 39% 307 Pts	64-Core 331 20% 331 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 841F) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 35.3 Reflection 33 Parallax 41.2 29% 36.5 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 28.2 29% 36.5 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 29%
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 1526) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.75% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 2.54 Parallax 1.78 2% 2.18 fps	MRender 2.19 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 1.65 2% 2.01 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.75% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 771GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 128 124 6575 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4617 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12912 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1718 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1516 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 37704 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 30 (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	54.1% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 96.1 Mixed 84.9 68% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 59%
OCZ-AGILITY3 120GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 11362192 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 68 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -13683765792765 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1214 (AB) Unknown 0 0 21 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 198 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 21 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11362192 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 68 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11362192 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11362192 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 62 62 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17074 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17564 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17564 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27377
Poor: 13% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,755 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	44% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 14.8 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 73%

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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 $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