Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 11:18
Run Duration	330 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 116 60% 93.2 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 439 39% 329 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Gigabyte(1458 2015) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Lighting 23 Reflection 24.5 Parallax 34.3 19% 27.3 fps	MRender 23.6 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 33 22% 25.9 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$120 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12629 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1293 (B1) Unknown 91 91 98 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1114 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23303218469	56.3% Above average	Read 398 Write 257 Mixed 268 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 15.5 75% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 70.3 DQ Mixed 15.9 23% 41.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 707GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 196 185 6158 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12674 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1566 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1401050 (C2) HDA temperature 121 101 26 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	49.6% Average	Read 74.5 Write 98.2 Mixed 21.8 47% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 526GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 127 106 6633 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5717 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2160 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 751795 (C2) HDA temperature 119 88 28 (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 1	53.6% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 93.7 Mixed 12.9 48% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 57%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 216GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 100 (03) Spinup time 146 141 9675 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17238 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 50131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1698 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 766 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1983377 (C2) HDA temperature 124 84 28 (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	40.7% Average	Read 72.8 Write 68.6 Mixed 41 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 60%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 33GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 5941 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2078 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1471658 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 29 (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	41.4% Average	Read 77.8 Write 66.1 Mixed 47.4 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.25 89% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 96%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 33GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 182 5633 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1995 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1518392 (C2) HDA temperature 120 106 30 (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	44.3% Average	Read 79.2 Write 74.6 Mixed 50.2 51% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.27 107% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 96%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 15GB free, PID a83a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 33 Write 11.3 Mixed 16.2 22% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.05 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.67 60% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 30%

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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.7 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 16.2 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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