Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	107% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120417
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '22 at 11:58
Run Duration	396 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Memory 72.5 1-Core 64.1 2-Core 124 53% 86.7 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 433 41% 339 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 147 Parallax 0.2 111% 94.3 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 147 Splatting 125 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD20EFAX-68B2RN1 2TB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1TB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 153 158 169 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 163 Write 162 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 164 32% 141 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 1 18% 5.87 MB/s	DQ Read 1.3 DQ Write 13.8 DQ Mixed 2 3% 5.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 39%
Shgs31-5 00GS-2 500GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 466GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 69 79 89 95 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.3% Below average	Read 232 Write 146 Mixed 179 SusWrite 82.6 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 17.7 55% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 103 78% 105 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 97%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$104 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 88 85 97 102 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	42.3% Average	Read 264 Write 158 Mixed 180 SusWrite 91.4 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 25.4 4K Mixed 20.9 68% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 86 DQ Mixed 121 87% 112 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 137%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 725GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 43 53 40 44 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 109 Write 87.5 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 48.2 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 76%
WL2000GSA6472E 2TB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 164GB free Firmware: 01.01KX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 99 99 100 99 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 142 Write 121 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 99.6 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 89%
WL2000GSA6472E 2TB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 286GB free Firmware: 01.01KX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 98 100 101 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.3 Mixed 66 SusWrite 100 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 298GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 127 132 125 113 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 79 Write 88.4 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 121 63% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 56% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 106%
Megaz USB 3.0 500GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 158GB free Firmware: 0209 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 80 80 81 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	40% Average	Read 59.3 Write 73.6 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 80.1 45% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 60%
Megaz USB 3.0 500GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 0GB free Firmware: 0209 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 46.4 Write 46.4 Mixed 31.9 31% 41.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 60%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 32GB 3,902 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 23GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 6.9 6 6.6 6.3 6.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 2.7 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 6.6 11% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.5 154% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 17%
USB DISK 3.0 252GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 2GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 5.7 4 16 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	6.45% Terrible	Read 27.2 Write 7.7 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 9.1 15% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.8 35% 1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.45% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 838 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 18 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.1 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 95.6 42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 103%

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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	261x
Core i7-2600Intel $208Bench 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 $51Bench 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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $737

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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