Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3-B3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	57.7% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '18 at 09:45
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$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 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 203 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 401 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36D5) 2GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 22% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-128M6S+ 128GB 299 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 1174 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1855 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 135 (AE) Unknown 100 100 447 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 138515 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1024 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 447 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13531 (F1) Unknown 100 100 216503 (F2) Unknown 100 100 297738	57.7% Above average	Read 216 Write 338 Mixed 385 71% 313 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 16.7 78% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 14.2 41% 81.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 100%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 603GB free Firmware: 3.CNK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 69 12100229 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10007 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 77 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 26252170255 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4940 (BB) vendor-specific 9 9 91 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 18 623050789 (C2) HDA temperature 37 82 64424509477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 51 205103394 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	39.4% Below average	Read 69.3 Write 68.2 Mixed 66.3 51% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.31 67% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 451GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62414928 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2460 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 88900703 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1351 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 170 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 622854181 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9027 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 55834574885 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 368 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -21552145889753 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8644271856 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12068601077	95.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 159 Mixed 158 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.31 99% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown U3A4G83-16GBHN2B00 070E U3A4G83-16GBHN2B00 029E CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 029E CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.3% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	67x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	54x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 1660Nvidia $143Bench 68%, 230,793 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	8x
Premier SP550 120GBAdata $45Bench 76%, 22,057 samples	8x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	82x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	28x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	24x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $463

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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