Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results

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Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110519
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '19 at 04:52
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 451 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 65.2 61% 72.3 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 67.4 Splatting 70.9 57% 69.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 469 Write 422 Mixed 380 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 42 136% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3GB free Firmware: 0104 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 29.2 Write 30.5 Mixed 25 21% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 109GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 60.5 Write 57.3 Mixed 49.3 42% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 69%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 7GB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 19 12 10 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 29.7 Mixed 24 SusWrite 14.7 19% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 69%
Samsung D3 Station 3TB 1,520 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 76GB free, PID 6124 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 26.7 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 17.7 33% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 16.9 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 45%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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