Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.9% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '22 at 19:33
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 (62^nd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 159 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 419 43% 347 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 8787) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.8% Very good	Lighting 89.7 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 81.3 73% 86.7 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 71.8 69% 86.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 315 310 314 312 316 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 477 Write 310 Mixed 257 SusWrite 313 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 33.2 122% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 246 205% 295 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 129%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4GB free Firmware: 2.15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 125 Write 102 Mixed 121 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 24.5 101% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 99.7 DQ Mixed 105 83% 116 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 328GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 127 127 128 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 135 Write 131 Mixed 87 SusWrite 126 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 16.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 97%

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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	282x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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 $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