Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.8% 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	47.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 20:30
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 (89^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 92 2-Core 183 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 355 47% 354 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gainward(10B0 1401) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.8% Below average	Lighting 41.2 Reflection 41.7 Parallax 36.9 34% 39.9 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 35 Splatting 31.8 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 93 93 30572 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 813 (B1) Unknown 77 77 829 (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 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 85 (F1) Unknown 99 99 58179930245	47.5% Average	Read 282 Write 179 Mixed 151 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 17.1 77% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 68.9 DQ Mixed 17.6 22% 38.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 110%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 518GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95491400 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10893 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36752797 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 882 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 555024413 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 112095 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 60129542173 (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 -33350421048110 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21542634389 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26001202088	55.8% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 98.9 Mixed 76.3 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.12 49% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 96%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 395GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 139 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25791168838 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 13380 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 56028 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3354 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 14383 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 14383 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 219044315167 (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 200 200 0	38.2% Below average	Read 52.8 Write 79.9 Mixed 17.9 37% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 98GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 89 210958004 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17416 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 57 2294414737470 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 44576 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5142 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 39 639631398 (C2) HDA temperature 38 61 73014444070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 65 51 27107610 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	26% Poor	Read 43.7 Write 46.8 Mixed 46.9 35% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.26 61% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 42%
TOSHIBA External USB3.0 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 746GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.7% Below average	Read 72.8 Write 70.2 Mixed 69.7 91% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 61% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 39%

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 (83^rd percentile)	51.9% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 16.3 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 65%

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Desktop 75%

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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 $197Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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