Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 14:31
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 413 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 79.1 Parallax 69.2 63% 75.2 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 73.3 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 222GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 60 60 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 55612520	80.4% Excellent	Read 269 Write 214 Mixed 219 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 44 156% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 104 99% 157 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 124%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 52316 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1254 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 77 77 704 (AE) Unknown 100 100 304 (B5) Unknown 100 100 36979946033429 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 77 77 23 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	64.1% Good	Read 496 Write 185 Mixed 270 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 6.47 98% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 7.38 38% 87.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 72%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 71GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 137 9675 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 956 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 939 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 434 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 124624 (C2) HDA temperature 117 93 35 (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
Poor: 40% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 48GB free Firmware: 080. Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 63.4 Write 50.1 Mixed 19.8 32% 44.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.12 63% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 35GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 131132 (03) Spinup time 219 149 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1977 (05) Reallocated sector count 109 109 727 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 21 21 58102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1635 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1961 (C2) HDA temperature 113 78 37 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 493 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 192 538 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 197 189 633 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 159 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 967382	45.7% Average	Read 96.7 Write 62.4 Mixed 73.6 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.31 90% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 57%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 11GB free Firmware: ML6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 111 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34386477465 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1388 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 50714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1222 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1422 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1422 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 274878955557 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3	58% Above average	Read 107 Write 95.3 Mixed 76.5 69% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 8GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 97.3 Mixed 74 65% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.32 75% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 68%

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 (92^nd percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 19.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 65%

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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 $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