Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.2% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 17:33
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.7 GHz, turbo 6.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 469 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 71.2 56% 71.2 fps	MRender 76.8 Gravity 63 Splatting 62.2 54% 67.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD7502ABYS-02A6B0 750GB 1,121 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 468GB free Firmware: 03.00C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6291 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8278 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7800 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8250 (C2) HDA temperature 112 83 38 (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	54.8% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 99.3 Mixed 93.3 71% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.54 133% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 273GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6761 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7868 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5182 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6385 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 33 (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	70.3% Very good	Read 115 Write 130 Mixed 125 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.34 103% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 109%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.0 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 32% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 122GB free Firmware: 3.AAF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16568 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 471559112 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 12808 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 772931621 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 77309411365 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 59 51298197 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 197 255 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	54.3% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 93.7 Mixed 85.3 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.34 86% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

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 (86^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.8 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 65%

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Gaming 35%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

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 $195Bench 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 $179	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