Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	37.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '17 at 07:36
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (91^st percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 96 2-Core 183 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 355 48% 355 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.8 84% 103 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 101 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 1TB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 924GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1473963925	42.5% Average	Read 218 Write 138 Mixed 159 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 32.2 4K Mixed 19 76% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 60.4 DQ Mixed 20.2 23% 38.1 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 128%
TRO-SSD7-500GB 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11610514 (05) Reallocated sector count 89 89 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 18322330492021 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 49 (B1) Unknown 0 0 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 50 73017720869 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 73017720869 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11610514 (C4) Reallocation count 89 89 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11610514 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11610514 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 21474836480 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26827 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7183 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7183 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3389	37.1% Below average	Read 297 Write 202 Mixed 175 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 9.29 40% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 20.3 DQ Write 15.3 DQ Mixed 9.22 9% 15 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112702904 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21847121 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1994 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7366 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 3 112702904 (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 123029338204404 (F1) Unknown 100 253 726470605 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1291357595	67.8% Good	Read 118 Write 119 Mixed 75.2 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.51 102% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160318589 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9318 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12926137069 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10815 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1989 (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 69 56 522125343 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 14 160318589 (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 61353607839072 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2260432676 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2176857146	62.7% Good	Read 112 Write 107 Mixed 63.2 70% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.45 106% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 68%
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB 1,031 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1TB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 36 Write 36.6 Mixed 36 47% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.51 68% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 20%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 250GB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 23GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	9.88% Terrible	Read 31.5 Write 18.3 Mixed 21.8 28% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.22 23% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.88% Great: 17%

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 (87^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 61%

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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 $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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16