Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3P-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	57.7% 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	45.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3P-B3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 18:57
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	41.7% Average	Memory 24.4 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 189 51% 103 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 265 43% 309 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1618 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Lighting 72.1 Reflection 76 Parallax 68.6 59% 72.2 fps	MRender 80.8 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 59 56% 69.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 120GB 3,209 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 2673 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 430 (A2) Unknown 100 100 97 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1638452 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4359 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4908	45.8% Average	Read 425 Write 282 Mixed 197 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 3.39 4K Write 25 4K Mixed 9 30% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.8 DQ Write 67.8 DQ Mixed 8.81 18% 36.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 240106672 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 68144 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 77 73 386859031 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 79 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 55834574871 (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 -14791867367414 (F1) Unknown 100 253 223788617 (F2) Unknown 100 253 82642464	104% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 189 Mixed 104 115% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.15 71% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 217GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 26 0 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9920 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2402 (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 14009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2338 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 35 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 3670 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 88 60 201850892 (C2) HDA temperature 83 60 285736977 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 526133 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	40.7% Average	Read 75.3 Write 66.2 Mixed 37.4 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.39 94% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 62%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 145GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 156 5066 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4475 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3657 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 330 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4475 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 26 (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 15 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.5% Above average	Read 89 Write 93.6 Mixed 84.7 67% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.31 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 75GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 160 4941 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8050 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3712 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 313 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8050 (C2) HDA temperature 121 104 26 (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 200 185 187 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0	42.4% Average	Read 85.9 Write 61.5 Mixed 70.7 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.37 99% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 66GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 148 5433 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7765 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3966 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 423 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7765 (C2) HDA temperature 122 89 25 (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 26018 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.4% Below average	Read 82.2 Write 51.2 Mixed 50.7 46% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 289 14% 289 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 97%

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3P-B3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	88x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	59x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	30x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	9x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	66x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	36x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	28x

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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