Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	29.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 years ago, 9 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '14 at 15:15
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.6 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 86.4 2-Core 173 59% 130 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 333 44% 328 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 44% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 2328) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.100.0.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 37.2 Reflection 31 Parallax 46.4 30% 38.2 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 36 Splatting 38.4 28% 33.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD480HAGM-000D3 480GB 160 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 310GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 9 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 18304 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 473379228	63.7% Good	Read 354 Write 251 Mixed 294 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 22.1 90% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 62 71% 123 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 109%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 218GB free Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3551432 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 70377334127178 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 285 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 39 42952228889 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3551432 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3551432 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3551432 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16807 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12656 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12656 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7246	57.7% Above average	Read 263 Write 209 Mixed 228 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 19.1 90% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 54.8 74% 134 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 2312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 97.7 130% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.26 60% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 52%
Generic External 1.5TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1TB free, PID 1840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 38.4 Mixed 37.8 49% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.15 25% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 19%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 77%

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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