Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.3% 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	34.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 14:47
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (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 i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 56.8 2-Core 153 60% 100 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 338 45% 334 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2307) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 21.2 Parallax 23.6 22% 24.1 fps	MRender 20.1 Gravity 21.3 Splatting 27.4 19% 22.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 64 72 71 70 70 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.6% Below average	Read 206 Write 91.5 Mixed 123 SusWrite 68.1 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 18.8 68% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 18.3 DQ Mixed 24.1 18% 24.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 88%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 235GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 72 72 74 73 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 71.7 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 561GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 113 111 112 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 135 Write 118 Mixed 71 SusWrite 112 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 84%
Seagate ST31000524NS 45W8867 59Y1812IBM 1TB 441 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 149GB free Firmware: BB28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 65 64 63 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 73.5 Write 72 Mixed 40 SusWrite 63.3 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.6 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 61%

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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