Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.1% 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)
Boot Drive	82.9% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110901
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 20:51
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 (85^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 192 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 469 51% 404 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% MSI(1462 2510) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 15.8 Parallax 20.2 19% 19.7 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 16 Splatting 20.3 14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$160 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 445GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 129877204	82.9% Excellent	Read 509 Write 345 Mixed 410 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 27.6 124% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 20.4 37% 69 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 0GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5228 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1162 (B1) Unknown 93 93 76 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 91 91 8478 (EB) Unknown 99 99 241 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17623633945	49.6% Average	Read 261 Write 148 Mixed 167 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 18.2 88% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 49.7 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 14.4 33% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 118%
Adata Nobility N005 Pro USB 3.0 32GB-$34 68 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 24GB free, PID 105b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 29.1 Mixed 24.6 36% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.34 22% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 37%

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 (91^st percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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	281x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 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	310x
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 $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