Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.4% 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	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '16 at 14:40
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 5.9 GHz, turbo 6.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 372 54% 395 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 62.8 56% 67.4 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 57.7 52% 65 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1174 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 236 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4168762905	76.1% Very good	Read 514 Write 409 Mixed 416 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 19.9 94% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 74.9 DQ Mixed 19.9 25% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 152 7091 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4127 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11586 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1872 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 140823 (C2) HDA temperature 124 107 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80% Excellent	Read 148 Write 131 Mixed 129 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 71GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 20 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 69 68 9577 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5969 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19975 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3129 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 38 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 188979281948 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5048	73.3% Very good	Read 112 Write 143 Mixed 114 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.55 142% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 16GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1616 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 69 68 9607 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5257 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18922 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3129 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 39 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 240518889501 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 177 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 579 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5347	69.6% Good	Read 109 Write 133 Mixed 91.8 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.27 100% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x8GB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.9% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 10 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 9.3 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $191Bench 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 $269	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 $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 $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