Gigabyte GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.3% 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	96.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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-Z68MX-UD2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130311
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 18:55
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 94.9 2-Core 186 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 463 51% 405 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E217) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.3.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 37 Reflection 33.6 Parallax 45.4 30% 38.7 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 31.2 Splatting 38.4 28% 33 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3036 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1182 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 45 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4035503987	96.9% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 391 Mixed 421 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 40 139% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 92.8 102% 173 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 124%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 79 (03) Spinup time 128 128 51579322972 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4927 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2595 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4927 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4927 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 184684511269 (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 0	84.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 146 Mixed 149 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.23 95% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 92%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 20GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3833 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5104 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4979 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 430 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4673 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 32 (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% Average	Read 59.7 Write 83 Mixed 64.4 52% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	28x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	26x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	13x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	6x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	5x
Ultimate SU800 512GBAdata $82Bench 104%, 31,280 samples	4x
PLUS 240 GB 240GBSandiskBench 43%, 24,911 samples	4x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	30x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	20x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	7x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $401

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