Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 15:40
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 183 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 358 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E174) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.2 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 14.4 14% 15 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 17.3 11% 13.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12975 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1473 (B1) Unknown 96 96 64 (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 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37942313458	77.4% Very good	Read 512 Write 382 Mixed 407 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 18.8 107% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 49.7 38% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174151648 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2485 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 731005 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7130 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 51539607582 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -74028056313274 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2479150422 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4512739834	90.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 142 Mixed 143 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 576GB free Firmware: JC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103395171 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9289 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 58777841 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4208 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 555221024 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 27 103395171 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -128977867871776 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3837501705 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2660830683	60.5% Good	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 82.2 73% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 23GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 119912800 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6678 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9066787 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3266 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 538312736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33159 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 55834574880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -25237227828353 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5876067013 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4271037147	106% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 178 Mixed 162 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.31 103% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
LaCie Rugged FW USB3 2TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 182GB free, PID 107f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 51.2 Write 69.5 Mixed 41.1 71% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 6.24 4K Mixed 0.28 225% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 65%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	82x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	66x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	35x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	23x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	19x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
256GB 256GBXraydiskBench 86%, 1,063 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GBGigabyteBench 78%, 7,834 samples	9x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	100x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	44x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	23x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $559

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 $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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