Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 14:53
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550S 766 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550S CPU @ 3.00GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 89.6 2-Core 172 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 353 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 118 Parallax 107 89% 111 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 93.9 80% 98 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 730GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 219 233 237 240 240 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	69.8% Good	Read 252 Write 238 Mixed 239 SusWrite 234 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 36.4 117% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 179 140% 192 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 126%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 707 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 234GB free, PID 61f5 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 254 250 252 256 256 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 315 Write 252 Mixed 279 SusWrite 254 368% 275 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 23.7 4K Mixed 21.5 1,614% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 33.6 DQ Mixed 28.9 2,220% 29.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 379%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 859B BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 859B BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 859B BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 61.3% 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 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 $187Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16