Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 14:35
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 428 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 78.6 Parallax 72.1 63% 76 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 70.7 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ RevoDrive 3 PCIe 240GB-$600 224 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 9885634 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -54219667137671 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2624 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1158 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9885634 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9885634 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9885634 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20335 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19130 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19130 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24861	43.6% Average	Read 339 Write 171 Mixed 180 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 9.18 61% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 20.2 DQ Write 62.9 DQ Mixed 60.5 41% 47.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 81%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 776GB free Firmware: SC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197906368 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 54 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 113855 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (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 71 61 487784477 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83% Excellent	Read 145 Write 144 Mixed 130 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.16 79% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 98%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 132GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7168 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2297 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7673 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1413 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 30 (C2) HDA temperature 148 82 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 193715 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	44.6% Average	Read 75.7 Write 79.3 Mixed 76.7 58% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 17GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 79 79 7110 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 10865 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13234 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6343 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 48 336527380 (C2) HDA temperature 73 48 453967899 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 168208 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	37% Below average	Read 45.6 Write 83 Mixed 51.2 45% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.34 96% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 65%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 30%

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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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

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