Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '16 at 21:57
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	91%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 394 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 63.5 56% 67.7 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 56.6 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8692 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1054 (B1) Unknown 97 97 33 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 63 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45098698332
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 372GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 58543000 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1470 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42166157 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1475 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 65 504823838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61923 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 38654705694 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 69930657517668 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54639133101 (F2) Unknown 100 253 116615900633	89.3% Excellent	Read 162 Write 150 Mixed 53.7 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.3 89% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 28GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3591 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9109 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2673 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20152 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2692 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 38 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 193274118173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 522 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2700	65.3% Good	Read 108 Write 119 Mixed 77.9 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.72 160% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 75%
Maxtor STM3320620AS 320GB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 18GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 86 41643416 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 375847808 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4220 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 49 622460965 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 55834574885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 56 231254937 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	25.9% Poor	Read 45.7 Write 44.5 Mixed 37.9 32% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.36 84% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 - $176

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	178x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	144x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	110x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	41x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	39x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	35x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	186x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	125x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	90x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $702

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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