Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit färger,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '20 at 21:20
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (55^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, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 90.8 2-Core 177 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 472 42% 356 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8387) 1.2GB CLim: 742 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 376.54 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 28.1 21% 30.5 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 25.8 23% 28.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7TB3Q-256G-1006 256GB 3,659 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2180306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 358 371 376 386 383 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 321 Mixed 237 SusWrite 370 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 35.1 130% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 140 147% 243 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 98%
Intel SSDSC2BA400G3 400GB 389 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 373GB free Firmware: 5DV10265 SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 392 407 411 408 412 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 367 Write 425 Mixed 351 SusWrite 404 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 38.4 130% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 260 197% 267 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 197GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 67 73 74 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 75.4 Write 72.4 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 71.2 48% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 835GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 62 60 61 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 61.8 Mixed 45.6 SusWrite 60.9 42% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 75%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 55 64 61 62 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 71.4 Write 57.3 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 60.5 42% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 65% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 248GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 101 100 103 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 119 Write 119 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 102 73% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 88%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 87 85 94 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	54% Above average	Read 101 Write 48.2 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 87 54% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 592 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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 $94Bench 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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $530

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