Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	34.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '19 at 09:19
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 166 72% 118 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 375 42% 329 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 1282) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.95 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.8% Terrible	Lighting 12.1 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 5.34 10% 8.97 fps	MRender 8.9 Gravity 9.77 Splatting 6.83 7% 8.5 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.8% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 480GB-$301 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 69 70 69 71 70 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.8% Below average	Read 234 Write 105 Mixed 182 SusWrite 69.2 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 18.2 65% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 19.9 DQ Mixed 20 16% 21.6 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 68%
Intel 530 Series 480GB-$301 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 705GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 130 127 133 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 525 Write 418 Mixed 360 SusWrite 131 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 21.5 4K Mixed 23.8 79% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 39.6 DQ Write 34.8 DQ Mixed 40.7 30% 38.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 747GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 70 70 70 72 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 100 Write 99.8 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 71.3 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 70%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC42 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 112 141 116 142 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 154 Write 121 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 124 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 100%

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 (95^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 61%

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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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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 $197Bench 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 $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