Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.5% 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	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '20 at 22:15
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 99 2-Core 182 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 394 43% 342 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 129 Parallax 110 98% 120 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 118 Splatting 98.9 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 212 216 200 195 209 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 330 Write 358 Mixed 197 SusWrite 206 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 17.4 70% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 132 115% 170 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 99%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$77 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 931GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 654 688 701 674 716 685 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,119 Write 1045 Mixed 1,026 SusWrite 686 218% 969 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 43.7 150% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 732 DQ Write 630 DQ Mixed 684 512% 682 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 347%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 7TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 61 59 61 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 89.5 Write 71 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 60.1 47% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.3 77% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 103%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 90 91 91 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 97 Write 92.3 Mixed 59 SusWrite 90.4 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 62%
Generic MassStorageClass 125GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 92GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 67 66 70 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 82.5 Write 64.5 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 68.2 91% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 3.7 243% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	146x
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	19x
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 $88Bench 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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16