Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.4% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 07:01
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 6.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 516 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1643 MHz, MLim: 1756 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 70.1 66% 76.9 fps	MRender 75.7 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 63.3 57% 70.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 503ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 119 228425672 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 21354577421875 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4884 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1354 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 80 1013617524767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 228425672 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 228425672 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 228425672 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 33584 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34451 (F1) Unknown 0 0 34451 (F2) Unknown 0 0 51105	68.4% Good	Read 511 Write 230 Mixed 327 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 17.6 85% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 46.1 76% 144 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 92%
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 69GB free Firmware: 503ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14102832 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 121212567057855 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2177 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1741 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 37 47247065117 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14102832 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14102832 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14102832 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13949 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15733 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15733 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29937	51.8% Above average	Read 366 Write 140 Mixed 157 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 13.9 74% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 40.9 61% 115 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 81%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 36GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 61048665157792 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2140 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1729 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 36 55836934174 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 644 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 129448 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 68 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 129448 (F2) Unknown 100 100 303815 (F9) Unknown 100 100 10836	74.5% Very good	Read 501 Write 269 Mixed 322 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 20.7 100% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 61.3 82% 145 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 91%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 489GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15544 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5242 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1238 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 124856 (C2) HDA temperature 118 111 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 91.1 Mixed 84 69% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.18 58% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 219GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 76 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494300968 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11044 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4650 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11175 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 193274380323 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 143 Mixed 134 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	107x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	60x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	14x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	9x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	118x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	46x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	22x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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