Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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.
Graphics	51.3% 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	103% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 20:33
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 215 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 579 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled) 5,438 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 8406) 2GB CLim: 1282 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Lighting 73.8 Reflection 38.4 Parallax 51.9 60% 54.7 fps	MRender 48.6 Gravity 44 Splatting 35.5 34% 42.7 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11495 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2637 (B1) Unknown 94 94 121 (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 63 42 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 358 (EB) Unknown 99 99 875 (F1) Unknown 99 99 51993350095	103% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 397 Mixed 411 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 42.4 141% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 109 138% 249 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 10GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,383 Write 1,187 Mixed 1,138 275% 1,236 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 38.8 185% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 466 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 173 188% 319 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 236%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 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 88 88 4391660 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 109959752730056 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4391 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 892 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 65 60133802013 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4391660 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4391660 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4391660 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18429 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15271 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15271 (F2) Unknown 0 0 31704	51.8% Above average	Read 514 Write 95.5 Mixed 131 53% 247 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 4.31 69% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 99.5 DQ Mixed 35.7 56% 108 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 83%
Seagate ST3750840AS 750GB 797 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 698GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 86 179316480 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9084 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 54 9982140636948 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7450 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 38 572325922 (C2) HDA temperature 34 62 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 87 54 76197404 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 790 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.2% Average	Read 73.5 Write 73.5 Mixed 70.4 55% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.28 74% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 42%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 359GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7616 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13606 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26180 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6854 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 96798 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 590931 (BC) Unknown 100 100 34 (BE) vendor-specific 75 37 25 (C2) HDA temperature 154 49 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 96798 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 7	41.9% Average	Read 69.7 Write 76.3 Mixed 72.9 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.39 84% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 134GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 63393431 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15030 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48585624 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6204 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 145 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 38 576030638110 (C2) HDA temperature 30 62 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 17 63393431 (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 89541478218616 (F1) Unknown 100 253 663950431 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1634386745	49.2% Average	Read 95 Write 76.4 Mixed 73.3 61% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 11.3 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11.5 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 65%

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Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

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 $197Bench 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 $46Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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