Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	93% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '17 at 02:22
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 184 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 455 47% 376 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.1% 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 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 145 Parallax 136 109% 138 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14659 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 47 (B1) Unknown 98 98 42 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15695294168	93% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 392 Mixed 408 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 33.1 126% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 20.2 71% 157 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 762GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 9 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	96.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 166 Mixed 160 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.25 106% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 104 Write 116 Mixed 90.4 134% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 0.6 377% 4.05 MB/s	DQ Read 1.26 DQ Write 13 DQ Mixed 0.6 467% 4.95 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 686GB free, PID a0a4 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 147 Write 125 Mixed 52.9 128% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.61 285% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 72%

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 (92^nd percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 18.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 61%

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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 $195Bench 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 $273	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 $178	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