Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.1% 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	30.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 07:59
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 175 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 313 42% 312 Pts	64-Core 331 20% 331 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6990 (Crossfire Disabled) 1,222 User benchmarks, average bench 21% AMD(1002 0B2A) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1003 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Lighting 24.5 Reflection 20.7 Parallax 19.3 20% 21.5 fps	MRender 19.6 Gravity 17.1 Splatting 25.5 17% 20.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 128GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD 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 (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4034 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (64) Unknown 100 100 362880 (65) Unknown 100 100 96128 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 73 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 112 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1348 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 171799871518 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 559 (EA) Unknown 100 100 314 (F1) Unknown 100 100 413 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4268 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	35% Below average	Read 206 Write 121 Mixed 93.9 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 8.72 62% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 38.2 DQ Mixed 8.22 13% 24.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 88%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (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 21423 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2541 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2425 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 352447 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 4465 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 55 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1285380 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 352447 (F2) Unknown 100 100 446887	30.9% Below average	Read 141 Write 85.6 Mixed 91.4 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 12.9 63% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.3 DQ Write 41.3 DQ Mixed 13.3 15% 24.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 45%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 320GB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 117GB free Firmware: V54OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 112 112 25791758667 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10815 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 40770 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5489 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12078 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12078 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 240518496288 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	36.7% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 60.9 Mixed 23.2 37% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 40%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 32GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 249 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 70 8794 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8877 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11078 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2522 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 176094052379 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 403 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8909	48.2% Average	Read 75.7 Write 91.8 Mixed 76 61% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.52 127% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 75%

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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 16 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 14.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 65%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	107x
Core i7-2600Intel $201Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	60x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	14x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	9x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	118x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	46x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	22x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $516

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) $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