Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 11:54
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 178 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 341 46% 341 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.88% Terrible	Lighting 2.03 Reflection 3.23 Parallax 1.41 2% 2.22 fps	MRender 3.1 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.83 2% 2.68 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.88% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3K87RA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1454 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (64) Unknown 100 100 2266240 (65) Unknown 100 100 408896 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 89 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 668 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1346 (B7) Unknown 98 98 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 167505100832 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4008 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2384 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3114 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3316 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	40.5% Average	Read 337 Write 191 Mixed 173 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 6.41 49% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 41.3 DQ Mixed 5.62 12% 22.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 88%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 47GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 173 1950 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6085 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5183 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 471269403 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 153 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 483 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 107048 (C2) HDA temperature 120 94 27 (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	34% Below average	Read 57.6 Write 60.5 Mixed 54.1 43% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 63%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -1 32GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 15GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 32.9 Write 30 Mixed 27 38% 30 MB/s	4K Read 6.05 4K Write 3.11 4K Mixed 2.03 197% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 42%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -3 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 32.9 Write 30.1 Mixed 29.4 39% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.65 4K Write 3.54 4K Mixed 2.18 219% 4.12 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 25%

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 (91^st percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.8 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 65%

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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	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