Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	42.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '17 at 06:35
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 522 55% 438 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 74%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 87GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 249 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 201 (A5) Unknown 100 100 85902622765 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 44 240518168624 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 64425623569 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 288 (EA) Unknown 100 100 424 (F1) Unknown 253 253 342 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1091 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	57.8% Above average	Read 462 Write 214 Mixed 201 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 4.45 58% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 3.46 66% 156 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 86%
Patriot Blaze 120GB-$30 2,058 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 702 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1036 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 41 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8060953 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1592059	42.1% Average	Read 381 Write 99.6 Mixed 174 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 4.41 63% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 84.9 DQ Write 71.1 DQ Mixed 4.32 23% 53.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 66%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 925GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 186 6475 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7903 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4655 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 73472 (C2) HDA temperature 113 88 34 (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	56.5% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 98 Mixed 96.2 74% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 57%

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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 61%

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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 $187Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $698

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16