Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '19 at 13:08
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 366 42% 330 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 107 90% 111 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 270 310 290 298 296 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 350 Write 307 Mixed 312 SusWrite 294 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 35.5 115% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 45.4 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 61.6 50% 69.6 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 128%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 48GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 107 108 107 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 348 Write 296 Mixed 191 SusWrite 108 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 23.6 4K Mixed 7.7 51% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 27.7 DQ Mixed 9 11% 19.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 86%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 470GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 107 108 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 105 Write 99.2 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 107 70% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 97%

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

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	35x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	20x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	9x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
830 256GBSamsung $261Bench 72%, 25,763 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	30x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	13x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	8x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $599

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $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