Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '16 at 05:59
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 96 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 447 47% 375 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 100 100 319 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 70 (A3) Unknown 100 100 21 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14044 (A5) Unknown 100 100 100 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 105536 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 70100 (F2) Unknown 100 100 30386 (F5) Unknown 100 100 112352	62.6% Good	Read 380 Write 342 Mixed 278 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 15.8 81% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 83.5 DQ Mixed 19.1 25% 43.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 103%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 223 141 7808 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 90 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (10) Unknown 8 192 153517120414 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 46 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 45 (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	76.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 136 Mixed 97 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.28 116% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 98%
WD Red 5TB (2014)-$58 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 623GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 240 187 6991 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 789 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6471 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 787 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 533 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8955 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.1% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 88.2 Mixed 54.1 59% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.21 93% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 98%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 82GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 227 6308 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2771 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2771 (C2) HDA temperature 105 99 45 (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 50 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	47.3% Average	Read 89.1 Write 75.3 Mixed 26.6 46% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.41 112% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3500630A 500GB-$87 622 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 5GB free Firmware: 3.AAF Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 77 138027086 (03) Spinup time 97 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9649 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 309258781 (09) Power-on hours count 20 20 70504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 917 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 50 757858349 (C2) HDA temperature 45 50 64424509485 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 51 221256095 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 173 118 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	22.7% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 39.7 Mixed 28.7 27% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.33 85% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 16.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 115%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	308x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	282x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	72x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	62x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	44x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	35x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	28x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	311x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	158x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	129x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $546

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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