Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.8% 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	42.1% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 12:10
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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 i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 89.7 2-Core 164 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 459 46% 374 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3107) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 19.6 18% 19.2 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 20 14% 16.2 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 77 72 73 79 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 133 Write 106 Mixed 132 SusWrite 75.4 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 26 96% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 92.2 DQ Mixed 29.5 31% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 225GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 81 83 81 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 120 Write 110 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 81.2 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 68%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 301GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 81 83 81 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 107 Write 114 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 81.2 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 105GB free Firmware: GKAOA70M SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 48 47 50 50 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 67.8 Write 68 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 48.8 41% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 46%

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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	107x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $275	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