Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	15.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '22 at 02:23
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 185 76% 127 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 386 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% PNY(196E 104B) 3GB Ram: 3GB, Driver: 320.18 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 50.3 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 57.2 41% 54.2 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 47.3 Splatting 50.8 44% 55.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 85.8 Write 171 Mixed 119 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 19.6 4K Mixed 21.4 60% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.2 DQ Write 53.6 DQ Mixed 34.8 27% 36.5 MB/s
Poor: 67% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 85GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 94 99 97 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 91.5 Mixed 69 SusWrite 95.8 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 57GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 76 76 77 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 67.7 Write 64.3 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 76.3 45% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 46%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 105 102 108 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 151 Write 148 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 105 166% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 86%
Fantom External HDD 2TB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 865GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 29 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 29.8 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 28.9 40% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 63%

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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 19.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z68XP-UD3 Builds (Compare 685 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 35%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

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 $191Bench 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 $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 $40	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