Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% 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-UD7-B3 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120517
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 04:38
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 540 55% 447 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 3774) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 41.9 Parallax 54.7 37% 47.4 fps	MRender 56.3 Gravity 49.9 Splatting 39 39% 48.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 366 319 323 326 323 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 397 Mixed 325 SusWrite 341 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 44 158% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 202 193% 305 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 88GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 357 193 162 162 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 380 Mixed 337 SusWrite 236 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 45.4 164% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 311 245% 341 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 134%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 30GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 173 130 152 142 133 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.8% Good	Read 242 Write 154 Mixed 166 SusWrite 142 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 29.8 116% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 158 118% 158 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 459GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 56 60 53 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 78.6 Write 57 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 53.2 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 116% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 729GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 62 101 99 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 71 Write 72.3 Mixed 41.6 SusWrite 92.2 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 70%

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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 18.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 63%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 51%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	59x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	9x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	8x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	10x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	9x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x
512GB 512GBExramBench 95%, 71 samples	4x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	3x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	34x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	17x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	15x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $652

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16