Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	2.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.7% 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 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 21:46
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (47^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% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 101 2-Core 200 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 512 56% 441 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% EVGA(3842 1335) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	2.63% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 3.62 Parallax 3.5 3% 3.51 fps	MRender 2.71 Gravity 4.03 Splatting 2.17 2% 2.97 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.63% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 17210233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -89275190207528 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2320 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 28 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 37 77311836188 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17210233 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17210233 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17210233 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8884 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9133 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9133 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27822	46.7% Average	Read 290 Write 102 Mixed 166 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 13.8 88% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 11.7 26% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 81%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 96GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2437 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2433 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2341 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.2% Average	Read 79.9 Write 80.8 Mixed 59.9 55% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.34 115% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 76%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 134GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 92GB free, PID fa05 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 29.5 Mixed 18.6 33% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.07 4K Write 0.23 4K Mixed 0.008 23% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 45%

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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 65%

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Gaming 35%

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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 $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