Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.7% 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	24% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	25.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '21 at 14:17
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 216 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 553 57% 457 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 96.9 Reflection 115 Parallax 101 79% 104 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 91.4 78% 96 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 529GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 58 57 56 60 62 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24% Poor	Read 150 Write 68.3 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 59.2 20% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 11.3 39% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 78.2 DQ Write 21 DQ Mixed 35.7 30% 45 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 121%
SanDisk SSD 256GB-$150 2,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 48GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 26 26 25 26 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	19.3% Very poor	Read 251 Write 23.1 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 25.1 21% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 4.6 26% 7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 54%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 285GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 62 59 64 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 73.9 Write 64.9 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 62.9 51% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 67%
Lacie Rugged THB USB3 500GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 456GB free Firmware: 051E SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 12.9 Write 2.7 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 28.5 11% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 101% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 62%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 99 97 100 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 88.8 Write 61.2 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 98.4 100% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 93% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	30	27.9"	1280 720	IVM7108 PLG2888UH

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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/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 $90Bench 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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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