Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.1% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 03:49
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 103 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 482 51% 408 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 118 93% 117 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 105 Splatting 97.1 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1388 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 541 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7921715895	80.1% Excellent	Read 507 Write 382 Mixed 401 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 20.5 110% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 33.2 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 20.3 36% 67.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 124%
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 29GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3529 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1704 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 611 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 100 60132556830 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 611 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 270853 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 61 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 270853 (F2) Unknown 100 100 438312 (F9) Unknown 100 100 16515	58.3% Above average	Read 261 Write 228 Mixed 235 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 19.8 87% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 11.8 54% 122 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 95%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 722GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 9041 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3192 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3137 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3064 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 39 (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 12 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.7% Good	Read 113 Write 109 Mixed 115 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.35 100% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 189GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4466 (05) Reallocated sector count 196 196 25 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14390 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4404 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4292 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 37 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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 33	48.1% Average	Read 90.7 Write 76.9 Mixed 64.8 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.34 91% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 189GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4350 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4800 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4742 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4602 (C2) HDA temperature 111 99 36 (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	47.9% Average	Read 88.2 Write 78.5 Mixed 70.5 59% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.34 82% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 76%

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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 61%

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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 $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 $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