Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.1% 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	84.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111011
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 05:13
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 172 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 470 47% 384 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 21F8) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 18.5 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 17.1 15% 16.7 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 18.3 12% 14.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 341 402 399 278 291 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 461 Write 396 Mixed 383 SusWrite 342 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 44 132% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.6 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 51.7 46% 67.6 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 129%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 789GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 141 141 141 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 143 Write 123 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 140 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 122 125 125 126 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 117 Write 111 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 122 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 165 166 196 179 166 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 129 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 172 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 112%

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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

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 $194Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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