Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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	60.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '23 at 07:31
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 208 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 494 52% 417 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Sapphire(174B A632) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 172 Parallax 175 141% 173 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 137 Splatting 118 117% 147 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$75 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 126 143 150 148 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 345 Write 129 Mixed 181 SusWrite 137 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 31.5 102% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 133 103% 143 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 130%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 45GB free Firmware: 1.3.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 87 83 92 90 90 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 156 Write 114 Mixed 133 SusWrite 89.9 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 25.5 97% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 116 91% 126 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 560GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 117 117 118 119 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 94.8 Write 58.1 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 116 61% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 390GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 59 59 60 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 57.4 Write 57.2 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 58.4 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 76%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 513GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 97 99 95 93 99 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 48.6 Write 70.1 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 93.9 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 238% 2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT8GX3M2A1866C9 4x4GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 93%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68 DELUXE - $250

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	261x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 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	26x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $762

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16