Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3R

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85% 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	64.3% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3R (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 05:45
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 5.9 GHz, turbo 8.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 503 68% 507 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1608 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 103 90% 109 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 83.3 76% 94.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 229 196 163 196 190 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 349 Write 330 Mixed 232 SusWrite 195 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 34.1 113% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 45.3 42% 62.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 101%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 676GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 190 192 194 191 195 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 101 Write 133 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 189 81% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 2x8GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 46.6 86% 46.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 69%

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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 54%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3R

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	16x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	9x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	7x

GPU
RTX 3050Nvidia $230Bench 75%, 43,922 samples	4x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	4x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	3x

SSD
GP-GSTFS31256GTND 256GBGigabyteBench 71%, 3,461 samples	4x
CS900 120GBPNY $25Bench 69%, 42,924 samples	3x
840 Pro 128GBSamsung $150Bench 90%, 34,842 samples	2x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	11x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	5x
24GBUnknownBench 43%, 14,716 samples	5x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $549

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16