Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110407
Uptime	47.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 22:16
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 88.8 2-Core 177 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 346 46% 345 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1573) 1.2GB CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 975 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 41.5 Parallax 34.5 22% 34.5 fps	MRender 40.3 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 28.8 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6O Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 167 Mixed 166 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 745GB free Firmware: CC1H Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.3 Mixed 86.2 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.55 122% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 70%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4O Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 78.7 Write 79 Mixed 68.9 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.38 82% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 74%
VendorCo ProductCode 4GB 1,811 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	5.14% Terrible	Read 18.1 Write 8.67 Mixed 8.97 13% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.48 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 10% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.14% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 61%

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Typical GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 Builds (Compare 108 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	62x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	17x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x
Quadro 600NvidiaBench 3%, 15,964 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	4x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	4x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	41x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	20x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	14x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $535

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $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