Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.7% 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	29.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110901
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 13:40
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 185 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 469 53% 414 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E182) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Lighting 28.5 Reflection 24.4 Parallax 29.9 23% 27.6 fps	MRender 21.5 Gravity 25.9 Splatting 30 22% 25.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 204GB free Firmware: UF3600RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 54 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 290 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 56 240518168607 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8591245314 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 36 (EA) Unknown 100 100 82 (F1) Unknown 100 100 40 (F2) Unknown 100 100 43 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	37.4% Below average	Read 345 Write 183 Mixed 148 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 5.85 40% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 18.9 DQ Write 23.8 DQ Mixed 5.61 9% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 56%
Kingston SMS100S264G 64GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5FAM011 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 695 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 276 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 178 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524329 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0	29.9% Poor	Read 218 Write 171 Mixed 189 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 3.58 34% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 11.2 DQ Write 36.3 DQ Mixed 4.87 9% 17.5 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 36%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 147 9483 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 872 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3772 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 827 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 83477 (C2) HDA temperature 123 110 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.1% Average	Read 87.5 Write 79.9 Mixed 23.1 46% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 61 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 51 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 122 (C2) HDA temperature 112 108 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	95.2% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 177 Mixed 148 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.36 139% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 109%

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 (90^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.3 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 61%

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

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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	179x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	144x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	187x
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 $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