Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '20 at 19:11
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 567 62% 492 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2525 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 157 Parallax 145 114% 147 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 141 Splatting 114 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,830 Write 4,440 Mixed 4719 1,042% 4663 MB/s	4K Read 367 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 98.9 754% 200 MB/s	DQ Read 504 DQ Write 640 DQ Mixed 700 492% 614 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 6GB free Firmware: 2.15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 154 Write 114 Mixed 132 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 26.8 95% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 111 86% 118 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 582GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 78 82 81 80 79 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 79.7 Write 73 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 79 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 497GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 115 112 114 116 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 111 Write 64.7 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 113 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 113%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 35GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 12 13 12 13 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 17.8 Mixed 24 SusWrite 12.8 27% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.9 171% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 59%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	121x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	49x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	44x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	92x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	42x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	31x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $613

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