Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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.
Boot Drive	84.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '20 at 19:38
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 97 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 475 48% 388 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6687) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 151 Parallax 146 120% 148 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 145 Splatting 113 102% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 168 153 174 168 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 473 Write 436 Mixed 363 SusWrite 184 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 38.6 126% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 224 200% 303 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 118%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 896GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 107 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 98 Write 95 Mixed 61 SusWrite 107 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%
WD 10EADS External 1TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 921GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 29 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 21 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 29 30% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 12% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 21%

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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	48.7% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	62x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	17x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x
Quadro 600NvidiaBench 3%, 15,964 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $98Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	4x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	4x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	41x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	20x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	14x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $535

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