Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '18 at 21:00
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.8 GHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 185 76% 127 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 485 50% 404 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 62.3 53% 65.5 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 54.5 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron (v0) 240GB-$145 368 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 481 Write 424 Mixed 314 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 17 101% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 31.7 111% 244 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 97%
Hitachi HDS72202 2TB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 30GB free Firmware: A20N SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 78 78 80 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 69.2 Write 76.5 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 78.9 49% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 69%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 89GB free Firmware: 1D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 78 79 78 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 76 Write 75.5 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 78.2 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 95GB free Firmware: 1D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 83 84 84 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 82.3 Write 83.3 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 83.8 61% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 85%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 15GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 73 78 77 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 60.3 Mixed 39 SusWrite 71.5 43% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 18.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 19.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 63%

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

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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 $194Bench 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 $273	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 $45	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