Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	59.5% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '18 at 11:17
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 98 2-Core 181 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 468 48% 390 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1556) 1GB CLim: 951 MHz, MLim: 1089 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 9.78 9% 11.6 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 12 Splatting 15.7 12% 14.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 117 124 125 126 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 374 Write 287 Mixed 183 SusWrite 125 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 32.5 110% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 89.6 DQ Mixed 37.8 35% 52.6 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 106%
PNY CS1211 480GB SSD 754D117-533 226 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 404GB free Firmware: CS121101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 114 118 118 118 120 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.4% Above average	Read 270 Write 244 Mixed 223 SusWrite 118 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 31.7 108% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 91.3 DQ Mixed 40.5 36% 52.9 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 101%
PNY CS1211 480GB SSD 754D117-533 226 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 96GB free Firmware: CS121101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 124 125 125 126 125 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	47.7% Average	Read 185 Write 163 Mixed 161 SusWrite 126 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 27.4 98% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 76.5 DQ Mixed 36 32% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 101%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 215GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 94 91 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 87.8 Write 12.6 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 92.6 44% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 147GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 45 47 47 47 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	32% Below average	Read 64.9 Write 34.9 Mixed 44.4 SusWrite 46.4 35% 47.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 44%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 552GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 114 118 118 118 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 134 Write 126 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 118 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	107x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	60x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	14x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	9x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	118x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	46x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	22x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16