Asus P8Z68 DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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	51.2% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20120417
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '22 at 18:19
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 as expected (54^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 161 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 468 47% 382 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 149 Parallax 139 112% 142 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 148 Splatting 125 107% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 853GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 80 81 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 319 Write 132 Mixed 186 SusWrite 79.6 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 26.4 86% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 137 105% 146 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 137%
WDC WD20EFAX-68B2RN1 2TB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 116GB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 85 85 84 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 182 Write 185 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 84.3 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 1.1 26% 7.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 13.8 DQ Mixed 1.7 3% 5.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 39%
Shgs31-5 00GS-2 500GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 466GB free Firmware: 9000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 79 81 80 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 308 Write 132 Mixed 192 SusWrite 81.3 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 23.9 78% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 135 106% 148 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 97%
WL2000GSA6472E 2TB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01KX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 133 133 134 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 135 Write 121 Mixed 88.9 SusWrite 133 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 89%
WL2000GSA6472E 2TB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 184GB free Firmware: 01.01KX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 87 88 88 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 87.4 Write 81.8 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 86.8 59% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 19GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 96 111 99 94 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 48.7 Write 80 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 93.5 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 45% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 106%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 130 131 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 120 Mixed 93.1 SusWrite 130 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 76%
Megaz USB 3.0 500GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: 0209 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 93 96 97 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 80.8 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 95.5 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 60%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 931GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 119 117 120 120 123 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 115 Write 119 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 119 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.4 187% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 79%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 931GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 60 61 61 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 92.7 Write 90.1 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 60.4 57% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.6 254% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 79%

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 below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.1% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 103%

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Gaming 43%

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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	260x
Core i7-2600Intel $189Bench 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	25x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: $761

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 $163	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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16