Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	50.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 02:57
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 (89^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 181 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 354 48% 355 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 148 Parallax 138 114% 142 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 132 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 127 136 131 130 130 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.4% Above average	Read 220 Write 196 Mixed 191 SusWrite 131 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 30.9 100% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 44.3 36% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 129 138 131 130 131 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 180 Write 131 Mixed 71 SusWrite 132 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 5GB free Firmware: 4.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 60 63 66 61 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 48.5 Write 31.3 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 64.2 33% 44.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 54%
USB 2.0 Flash Drive 8GB 381 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 7 5.8 5.7 7 7 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	2.95% Terrible	Read 7.3 Write 3.2 Mixed 2.2 SusWrite 6.3 6% 4.75 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.95% Great: 5%

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 (86^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

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