Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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 (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '19 at 17:45
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 217 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 560 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 76.6 Parallax 66.2 64% 73.6 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 69.1 Splatting 72 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 287 279 283 292 293 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 320 Write 300 Mixed 277 SusWrite 291 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 37.4 113% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 238 183% 248 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 128%
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 31GB free Firmware: 335u SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 119 140 133 126 122 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.4% Good	Read 240 Write 207 Mixed 200 SusWrite 133 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 31.4 115% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 174 133% 181 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 135GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 162 159 150 126 169 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 130 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 154 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 97GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 72 71 73 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 79.3 Write 71.3 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 71 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 57%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 24GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 136 139 138 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 143 Mixed 71 SusWrite 137 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 115%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 75%

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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	282x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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	311x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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