Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.7% 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	10.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 03:25
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 410 53% 399 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1755 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 118 Reflection 118 Parallax 110 96% 115 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 104 Splatting 82.5 77% 95.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10.3% Very poor	Read 142 Write 19.5 Mixed 131 SusWrite 18.2 17% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 3.3 11% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 92%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$47 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 101GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10.4% Very poor	Read 144 Write 132 Mixed 132 SusWrite 18.6 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 3.3 11% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 309GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 60.3 Write 99.3 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 19.3 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.4 137% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 76%

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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 65%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	308x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	281x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	72x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	62x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	44x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	35x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	28x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	310x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	158x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	129x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $546

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 $179	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