Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.3% 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	74.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120322
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '19 at 02:19
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 191 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 396 53% 394 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.7% 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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 118 Parallax 97.7 91% 109 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 294 313 301 299 295 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 365 Write 194 Mixed 321 SusWrite 300 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 36.6 121% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 45.2 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 62 51% 69.9 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 128%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 48GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 108 109 105 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 348 Write 300 Mixed 194 SusWrite 109 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 23.4 4K Mixed 7.5 50% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 25.6 DQ Mixed 8.6 11% 18.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 86%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 470GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 108 109 105 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 102 Write 97 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 107 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.1% 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% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53% 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%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

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 $194Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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