Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.7% 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)
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 11:54
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 96 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 126 68% 106 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 487 50% 401 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 480-$500 3,874 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1480) 1.5GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 924 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 36.7 Parallax 29.9 19% 30.1 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 19.5 Splatting 27.7 23% 28.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 330 Write 171 Mixed 134 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 14.8 66% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 20.2 DQ Write 42.2 DQ Mixed 22.9 20% 28.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 367GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 55 57 58 53 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 73.5 Write 63.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 53.2 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4GB free Firmware: 1AA01110 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,076 Write 10.7 Mixed 20.6 1,217% 1,702 MB/s	4K Read 742 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.7 31,118% 248 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 188GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 103 101 101 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 108 Write 99.4 Mixed 52 SusWrite 97.3 65% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 53 65 63 54 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 93.2 Write 86.7 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 56.9 48% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 67%

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 (93^rd percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 19.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 65%

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Typical GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 Builds (Compare 96 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 63%

Destroyer

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 51%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	58x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	9x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	8x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 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 $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x
512GB 512GBExramBench 95%, 71 samples	4x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	3x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	33x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	17x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	15x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $680

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