Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	48.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 13:55
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 5.8 GHz, turbo 7.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 564 63% 497 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^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 9793 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 56 (AE) Unknown 100 100 94 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 59 176094576668 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 23007121740 (F7) Unknown 100 100 722801645 (F8) Unknown 100 100 424610287 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1923 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	48.1% Average	Read 313 Write 243 Mixed 190 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 11.9 65% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 52.2 DQ Mixed 12.6 17% 29.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 99%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 126GB free Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st 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 1102 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B4) Unknown 0 0 26 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 49 219043332134 (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 786559287 (F7) Unknown 100 100 13351925 (F8) Unknown 100 100 22711045	61.4% Good	Read 397 Write 293 Mixed 297 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 16.2 87% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 60.9 DQ Mixed 17.5 21% 36.2 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 123%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 56GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 50 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 54022098678168 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2467 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 902 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 12139 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 50 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22709 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20557 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20557 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23871	36.8% Below average	Read 171 Write 163 Mixed 128 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 10.3 64% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 18.9 DQ Write 49.7 DQ Mixed 9.98 15% 26.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 514GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 60120496 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7254 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33651066 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2221 (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 73 61 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 661 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 5 5 190100 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 55834574875 (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 44130788972998 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1031467089218 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2293155126144	74.9% Very good	Read 121 Write 140 Mixed 83.8 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 279GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1378 (03) Spinup time 133 131 4308 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14839 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3853 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13628 (C2) HDA temperature 115 91 28 (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	58.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 99.1 Mixed 25.8 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.38 107% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 18 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 19.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 72%

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Gaming 37%

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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 $194Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $613

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 $40	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