Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.48% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	55.2% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '19 at 00:55
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$188 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 76.3 2-Core 175 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 410 46% 360 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Device(0000 0000) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	5.48% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 7.85 Parallax 5.81 5% 6.65 fps	MRender 4.86 Gravity 8.53 Splatting 8.52 6% 7.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.48% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 98 95 94 93 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 358 Write 209 Mixed 144 SusWrite 97.2 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 28.8 104% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 36 36% 56.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 110%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 479GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 105 105 107 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 58 Write 63 Mixed 49 SusWrite 104 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 62%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 95 97 97 99 93 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 81.7 Write 86 Mixed 65 SusWrite 96.4 61% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Wireless 500GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 422GB free, PID a315 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 24 21 21 20 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 24 Write 19.8 Mixed 20.2 SusWrite 22 29% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 45% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 21%

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 (65^th percentile)	46.1% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 61%

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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%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	107x
Core i7-2600Intel $188Bench 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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $511

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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16