Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5 (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 01:32
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 188 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 463 50% 397 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 187 Parallax 185 136% 180 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 184 Splatting 130 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37258 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (E8) Unknown 100 100 125784634412 (E9) Unknown 96 0 96	92.1% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 402 Mixed 406 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 28.7 124% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 116 126% 211 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 106%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 12GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 30247 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 339 (B1) Unknown 98 98 57 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 177 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11590734040	63.4% Good	Read 267 Write 252 Mixed 262 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 23.7 94% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 82.1 93% 158 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 116%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 9GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3240353 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -55173149868096 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 148 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 652 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3240353 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3240353 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3240353 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9154 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8693 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8693 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10184	53.1% Above average	Read 262 Write 152 Mixed 198 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 18 87% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 43.4 66% 126 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 82%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 100GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 0 (03) Spinup time 149 145 9541 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6088 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 46735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 559 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 109 109 273703 (C2) HDA temperature 126 102 26 (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	39.5% Below average	Read 83 Write 54.4 Mixed 75.8 54% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 67%
WD WD1000FYPS-01ZKB0 1TB 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 68GB free Firmware: 02.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 696 (03) Spinup time 179 176 8041 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6409 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 4 4 70769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1023 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 704 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 712307 (C2) HDA temperature 129 105 23 (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 200 199 53	26.3% Poor	Read 45.3 Write 45.9 Mixed 44.3 34% 45.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 44%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 24GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 347 (03) Spinup time 171 142 8425 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6063 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 50211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 650 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5911 (C2) HDA temperature 122 93 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 127 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 40 0	36.6% Below average	Read 77.8 Write 49.4 Mixed 62.3 48% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 97%

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Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	35x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	20x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	9x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
830 256GBSamsung $261Bench 72%, 25,763 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	30x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	13x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	8x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $599

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