Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.9% 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)
Boot Drive	85.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	4520 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '16 at 10:33
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 232 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 626 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3978) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Lighting 73.9 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 65.8 60% 71.4 fps	MRender 74.8 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 57.8 54% 66.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5359 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1927 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 50 (AE) Unknown 100 100 872 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 47 227633266722 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9780161832 (F7) Unknown 100 100 308332647 (F8) Unknown 100 100 505441429	85.9% Excellent	Read 505 Write 267 Mixed 349 82% 374 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 19 129% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 18.3 83% 186 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 91%
Samsung UM410 Series 2.5" 16GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free Firmware: VAM12D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3754 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1651 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 78 78 1286 (B2) Unknown 98 98 1 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B4) Unknown 13 13 479 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 26 (E8) Unknown 96 96 59 (E9) Unknown 81 81 815281539	15.6% Very poor	Read 81.7 Write 50.2 Mixed 51.4 14% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 2.13 34% 8.16 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 16%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$89 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 147678806 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4769 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 73130291 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3057 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032837 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 690421799 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 926 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 5221 (C2) HDA temperature 39 51 25769803815 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 24 147678806 (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 29635274364582 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3235343457 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1093705903	69.4% Good	Read 126 Write 116 Mixed 104 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.47 114% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 25GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 186 186 25787760984 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3978 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2439 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4577 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4577 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 253403725866 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	41.9% Average	Read 79 Write 66.7 Mixed 72.3 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 61%
Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40 13,598 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 16GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 85 133225268 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1492 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 356635094168 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3853 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1466 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3902 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032838 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 19 35189256355873 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 121 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 237 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39684 (C2) HDA temperature 33 81 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 52 133225268 (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 42498701397663 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3087067265 (F2) Unknown 100 253 559869024 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	30% Below average	Read 49.1 Write 55.4 Mixed 46.1 38% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,474 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	107x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16