Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.7% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1584 x 890 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '17 at 17:44
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (55^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% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 172 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 460 46% 374 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 358.91 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 62.4 55% 67.3 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 56 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 1TB-$407 250 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 943GB free Firmware: 20140516 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^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 100 100 133 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 819 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5921 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 86 (A3) Unknown 100 100 22 (A4) Unknown 100 100 18585 (A5) Unknown 100 100 44 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 161670 (F2) Unknown 100 100 165305	63.5% Good	Read 349 Write 239 Mixed 257 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 29 94% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 32.9 49% 91.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 103%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 715GB free Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16750 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 582 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 134 (B4) Unknown 0 0 10392 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 57 184684445721 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9411572975 (F7) Unknown 100 100 294152721 (F8) Unknown 100 100 15126215	81.3% Excellent	Read 502 Write 383 Mixed 256 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 22.9 97% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 31.3 68% 139 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 104%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^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 16757 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 131 (AE) Unknown 100 100 235 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 59 176094511131 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24769375630 (F7) Unknown 100 100 434381330 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1422269888	81.7% Excellent	Read 510 Write 331 Mixed 226 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 28.9 106% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 47.9 76% 145 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 97%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 5.5TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 125 125 42983948813 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 645 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17093 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 643 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1369 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1369 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 171799543838 (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	99.6% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 161 Mixed 109 113% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 3.14 4K Mixed 0.41 143% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 120%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 185 100 9741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 332 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 300 (C2) HDA temperature 125 109 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 175 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	128% Outstanding	Read 221 Write 225 Mixed 45.5 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 7.25 4K Write 3.29 4K Mixed 0.37 404% 3.64 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 118%
Seagate ST8000VN0002-1Z8112 8TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 139793765 (03) Spinup time 84 83 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 286 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 134198285 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 1185410983893 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 287 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 672923682 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 115451 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 139793765 (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 5510443046766 (F1) Unknown 100 253 70487462767 (F2) Unknown 100 253 143369189717	81.4% Excellent	Read 140 Write 143 Mixed 99.4 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 2.79 4K Write 3.59 4K Mixed 0.27 213% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 116%

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 (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.6% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 115%

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

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	121x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	49x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	44x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	92x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	42x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	31x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $628

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 $182	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) $30	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