Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	38.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 (all builds)
Memory	16.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 20:33
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$194 185,630 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 (93^rd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 85.5 2-Core 169 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 446 46% 368 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 141 Parallax 135 90% 128 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 126 Splatting 103 91% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 80GB-$67 138 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 48GB free Firmware: 2.1a Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -20478404044978 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 716 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 129 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8384 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5056 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5056 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8640	27.7% Poor	Read 167 Write 48.6 Mixed 67.2 20% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 6.7 53% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 80.6 DQ Write 49.9 DQ Mixed 17.5 26% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 40%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^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 (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10444609 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 -67585605334742 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 977 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 181 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 61 30068768799 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10444609 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10444609 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10444609 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38212 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20459 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20459 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13433	38.9% Below average	Read 200 Write 115 Mixed 143 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 10.7 61% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 93.8 DQ Mixed 7.67 40% 93.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 162 6566 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7134 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1611 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 412 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 614489 (C2) HDA temperature 121 98 29 (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	33.4% Below average	Read 57.3 Write 58.9 Mixed 57.4 44% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 67%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 6TB 2,132 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 575GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 233 Write 195 Mixed 214 161% 214 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 3.11 4K Mixed 0.34 136% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 293%
HP External HDD 999GB 996 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 594GB free, PID 4607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 32.3 Mixed 35.4 44% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.27 68% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x8GB 7,706 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	44.2% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 13.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 73%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	67x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	54x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 1660Nvidia $143Bench 68%, 230,793 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	8x
Premier SP550 120GBAdata $45Bench 76%, 22,057 samples	8x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	82x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	28x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	24x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $463

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 $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