Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.6% 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 (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 13:24
Run Duration	596 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46.1% Average	Memory 68 1-Core 47.9 2-Core 111 46% 75.5 Pts	4-Core 132 8-Core 247 23% 190 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.87% Terrible	Lighting 0.97 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 1.44 1% 1.26 fps	MRender 1.48 Gravity 0.53 Splatting 1.65 1% 1.22 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.87% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3844 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 62 (B1) Unknown 97 97 57 (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 55 42 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 96 96 3278 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33636157396	83.6% Excellent	Read 505 Write 407 Mixed 417 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 30.3 113% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 67.9 DQ Mixed 29.8 37% 67 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 134%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 0107 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 120 Write 131 Mixed 107 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 505GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32022232 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7271 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 201723873 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 707 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 68720721967 (BD) vendor-specific 66 66 34 (BE) vendor-specific 57 33 138221394722859 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 4 4 193824 (C2) HDA temperature 43 67 77309411371 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 431467 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 124846109377799 (F1) Unknown 100 253 199342083895 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5213335473819	62.3% Good	Read 125 Write 92.4 Mixed 123 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 113%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 468GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 203 180 6841 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4097 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 236 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 123854 (C2) HDA temperature 107 93 45 (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 200 198 100 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	27.8% Poor	Read 83.7 Write 12.9 Mixed 19.6 28% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.05 40% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 454GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 99586936 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6380 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 293343387 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 25116968755193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 16 1060873240885 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 43 824311852 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 5796 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42854 (C2) HDA temperature 44 57 98784247852 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -126095944838847 (F1) Unknown 100 253 153404535494 (F2) Unknown 100 253 147653047013	74.2% Very good	Read 158 Write 101 Mixed 78.9 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.16 77% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$70 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 448GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 70 101307593 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3460821 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -77223511982040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 49 842006576 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 48 (C2) HDA temperature 48 51 103079215152 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 70 101307593 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 54911156879393 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7123044963 (F2) Unknown 100 253 852909791	55.8% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 95.5 Mixed 80.7 69% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 90%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 117GB free Firmware: 0107 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 104 Write 56.9 Mixed 62.5 56% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.13 52% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 59%
ST3000DM 001-1CH166 3TB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 892GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 112 Write 98.4 Mixed 98.2 130% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.26 62% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 71%
ST3000DM 001-1CH166 3TB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 420GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 145 Write 130 Mixed 89.3 150% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.24 45% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 71%
ADATA SX 900 512GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 57GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	89.6% Excellent	Read 261 Write 130 Mixed 172 219% 187 MB/s	4K Read 8.86 4K Write 6.95 4K Mixed 6.24 482% 7.35 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 120%
Generic Flash Disk 32GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 13GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	4.47% Terrible	Read 19.8 Write 7.1 Mixed 8.71 13% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 1% 0.04 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.47% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M1A1600C10 8502 1333EL Series 8502 PSD34G13332 16GB 1067, 1067, 1067 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.3% Poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 6.6 20% 7.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 4.9 15% 5.23 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns

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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	267x
Core i7-2600Intel $201Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	36x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	36x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	14x

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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Intel Core i5-12600K $154	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $234	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406