Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	11 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	20130308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '18 at 21:08
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 5.9 GHz, turbo 6.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 202 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 512 53% 428 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 69 Reflection 62.8 Parallax 62.3 56% 64.7 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 55.3 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 172 Parallax 185 113% 165 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 165 Splatting 121 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th 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 16452 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6424 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 84 84 484 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4578 (B5) Unknown 100 100 24374054621005 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 48 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 84 84 16 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	50% Above average	Read 492 Write 110 Mixed 178 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 6.06 69% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 4.54 29% 68.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 65%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6773 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 74 39 8096 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11145 (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 15721 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7485 (B5) Unknown 98 98 58975398 (BF) G-sense error rate 90 90 104576 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389085212 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 11 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 10947 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 6 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 12667	65.9% Good	Read 107 Write 123 Mixed 106 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.27 97% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 72%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB 3,164 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 391GB free Firmware: GKAOAB6A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 106 106 34403451528 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7045 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4217 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7208 (C2) HDA temperature 127 127 261993725999 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 19	39.4% Below average	Read 69 Write 68 Mixed 74.5 53% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.43 113% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 47%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 132GB free Firmware: GM3OA57A 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 93 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 100 154 (03) Spinup time 116 100 25791430986 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 15020 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22179 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7803 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 15179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 15179 (C2) HDA temperature 162 105 249108758565 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	39.9% Below average	Read 68.3 Write 70.7 Mixed 70.4 53% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.45 100% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 46%
Samsung HD502HM 500GB 813 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 93GB free Firmware: 1AJ10206 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 81 5545 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3184 (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 27235 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 962 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 252 252 0 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 214749020194 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5904 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3305 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 214749020194 (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 100 100 224	60.6% Good	Read 102 Write 109 Mixed 106 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.47 130% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 79%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 55GB free Firmware: SN06 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 77 50 116034737 (03) Spinup time 98 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12152 (05) Reallocated sector count 54 54 945 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 103293287273 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 133 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 5331 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 57 57 43 (BC) Unknown 100 95 12885164049 (BD) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BE) vendor-specific 61 52 656605223 (C2) HDA temperature 39 48 38654705703 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 21 116034737 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	37.5% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 68 Mixed 75.7 52% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 63%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	82x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	66x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	35x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	23x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	19x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
256GB 256GBXraydiskBench 86%, 1,063 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GBGigabyteBench 78%, 7,834 samples	9x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	100x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	44x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	23x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $552

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 $182	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) $30	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