Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95% 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	48.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110916
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '19 at 01:52
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 91.7 2-Core 185 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 454 48% 383 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$265 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 121 Parallax 115 100% 120 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 102 Splatting 83.5 86% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 86 88 79 87 85 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.3% Average	Read 285 Write 120 Mixed 166 SusWrite 85.7 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 26.4 87% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 95.8 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 97.2 74% 98.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 95%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$58 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 168GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 69 68 73 67 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 74.8 Write 70 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 69.1 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 76%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 547GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 11 12 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 100 Write 40.8 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 11.7 59% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 81% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 66%
WDC WD10 EADS-00P8B0 1TB 428GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 9.8 Mixed 1 4% 5.4 MB/s	4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s

WDC WD30 EZRX-00MMMB0 3TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 2TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 84 85 85 85 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 101 Write 61.3 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 83.9 95% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 99% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL F3-10666CL9-8GBXL F3-12800CL10-8GBXL F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 47%

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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	147x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	19x
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

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