Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.4% 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	85.7% 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	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 (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 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 22:04
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (49^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 81.4 2-Core 144 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 476 48% 388 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.3% 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 (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 130 Parallax 111 99% 121 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 118 Splatting 99.1 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.4% 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: 416 239 244 237 226 179 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 373 Write 454 Mixed 370 SusWrite 257 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 38.3 129% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 325 247% 333 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 99%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 7TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 76 77 40 26 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 144 Write 98 Mixed 57 SusWrite 61.7 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 103%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 88 88 90 89 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 98 Write 46.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 89.1 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 62%
Generic MassStorageClass 125GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 92GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 91 Write 75.2 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 76.9 101% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 3.9 260% 4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.9% 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 (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 79%

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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 $245Bench 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 $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16