Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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	13.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 15:18
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 180 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 351 47% 351 Pts	64-Core 344 21% 344 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5830 2,946 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Sapphire(174B E140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 18.1 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 16.9 15% 15.8 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 13.8 Splatting 14.4 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 869GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 166 8150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 590 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 127 127 219450 (C2) HDA temperature 119 97 33 (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	40.2% Average	Read 76.8 Write 63 Mixed 71.3 53% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 51%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 239GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP2OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 65545 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 106 (03) Spinup time 118 118 12897550530 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 324 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 49745 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 357 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 261994643492 (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	50.8% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 85.6 Mixed 78.1 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 74%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 256GB 365 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 231GB free, PID fa05 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 24.6 Mixed 6.83 24% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.94 4K Write 0.16 4K Mixed 0.15 25% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 57%
HGST Touro Mobile 3.0 1TB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 41GB free, PID 1020 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 65.6 Write 60.3 Mixed 42.6 70% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.18 55% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 40%

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)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 65%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

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