Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20% 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	52.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '19 at 02:14
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 95.7 1-Core 92.2 2-Core 185 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 472 52% 412 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 2201) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Lighting 23 Reflection 25.1 Parallax 28.2 19% 25.4 fps	MRender 22.5 Gravity 26.6 Splatting 30.9 22% 26.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 93 81 89 98 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 294 Write 124 Mixed 177 SusWrite 93.5 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 28.2 103% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 99.6 DQ Mixed 35.8 36% 55.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 83%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 924GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 118 118 117 115 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	68% Good	Read 119 Write 108 Mixed 73 SusWrite 118 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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 $195Bench 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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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