Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.8% 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	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 21:20
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 456 60% 453 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 114 Parallax 117 94% 115 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 82.2 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 213 62 114 123 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 392 Write 369 Mixed 296 SusWrite 130 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 29.9 103% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 86.3 DQ Mixed 39.4 36% 52.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 97%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 361GB free Firmware: JA0OA710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 80 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 78.5 Write 81 Mixed 30 SusWrite 79.2 49% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 57%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 5,796 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	5.12% Terrible	Read 18 Write 5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 6.1 9% 8.32 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.12% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 64D0JKHHJ 2x8GB 778 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

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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 $187Bench 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 $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16