Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.3% 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	41.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111011
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	May 04 '22 at 00:02
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 80.3 2-Core 168 64% 110 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 320 40% 305 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 2682) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.98 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.3% Below average	Lighting 35.7 Reflection 36 Parallax 49.7 29% 40.5 fps	MRender 48.9 Gravity 44.8 Splatting 39 36% 44.2 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 35%
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.52% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 2.3 Parallax 1.5 2% 1.87 fps	MRender 2.5 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 2.3 2% 1.97 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.52% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$89 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 883GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 193 192 193 195 198 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.7% Above average	Read 217 Write 201 Mixed 193 SusWrite 190 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 33.8 108% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 70.5 DQ Mixed 48.5 38% 52.5 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 137%
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: M312 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 178 180 182 186 192 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.8% Average	Read 141 Write 132 Mixed 155 SusWrite 177 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 21.9 74% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 72.6 DQ Mixed 29.3 28% 42.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 95%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 663GB free Firmware: JU000D SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 117 119 118 118 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 142 Write 146 Mixed 20.9 SusWrite 117 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 79%

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 below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.8% Above average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.4 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 97%

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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 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 $197Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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