Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.09% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 00:24
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 188 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 366 49% 364 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 18,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% EVGA(3842 1302) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.09% Terrible	Lighting 1.17 Reflection 2.35 Parallax 0.47 1% 1.33 fps	MRender 2.57 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 1.7 1% 1.68 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 1.09% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM13D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd 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 96 96 17470 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1706 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 61 61 1402 (B2) Unknown 95 95 18 (B3) Unknown 96 96 30 (B4) Unknown 96 96 786 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 95 95 390 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45834824214 (F2) Unknown 99 99 55631630438	32.9% Below average	Read 237 Write 88.5 Mixed 134 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 30.9 4K Mixed 10.3 58% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 18.9 DQ Write 32.6 DQ Mixed 15.5 15% 22.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49966976 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20846 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 55 103145269407 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14775 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065682 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20885 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 64424509474 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 136335146879210 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3393534107 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13512202255	99.8% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 158 Mixed 153 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.29 91% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 45%

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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	178x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	186x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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