Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 08 '19 at 23:45
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 194 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 436 49% 382 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 193 Parallax 197 127% 182 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 182 Splatting 125 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 79 80 79 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 305 Write 134 Mixed 174 SusWrite 78.4 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 27.7 90% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 142 108% 149 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 66GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 79 80 80 80 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.1% Above average	Read 277 Write 139 Mixed 180 SusWrite 79.2 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 27.8 90% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 135 106% 148 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 532GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 108 107 107 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 175 Write 183 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 107 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 114%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 932GB free Firmware: MKAOA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 98 98 94 96 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 57.2 Write 74.7 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 95.4 49% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.9% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $109Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $545

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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