Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.8% 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	20.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '19 at 12:41
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 above expectations (71^st percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 183 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 412 45% 357 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 106 89% 110 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 64 62 35 31 29 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20.1% Poor	Read 104 Write 80.2 Mixed 104 SusWrite 46.7 19% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 7.6 24% 7.87 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 110 86% 121 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 91%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 51GB free Firmware: UF360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 75 95 98 103 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.7% Below average	Read 269 Write 108 Mixed 105 SusWrite 88.9 31% 143 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 22.8 4K Mixed 14.9 55% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 57.9 DQ Mixed 31.7 37% 66.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 55%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 58GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 100 94 100 102 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 63.7 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 98 56% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 109%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 107GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 108 108 113 114 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 78.2 Write 45 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 109 47% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 82%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 15 16 15 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 27.7 Mixed 24 SusWrite 15.5 18% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 218% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 87%
Orge GZX202 3TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 3TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.6 2.6 1.9 2.3 1.8 1.9 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.51% Terrible	Read 6.7 Write 5.5 Mixed 4 SusWrite 2 3% 4.55 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.51% Great: 24%
Orge GZX202 4TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.6 2.6 1.9 2.3 1.8 1.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 33 Write 28.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 2 16% 21.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 83%
WD My Book 750GB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 612GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 35 36 36 35 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 31.7 Mixed 27 SusWrite 35.5 44% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 22%
WD My Book 500GB 3,986 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 421GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 24 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 14.2 31% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1866C9-8GSR 04CD F3-1866C9-8GSR Kingston 9905403-445.A00LF Kingston 9905403-445.A00LF 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.3% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 9 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 35%

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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 $194Bench 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 $190Bench 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 $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