Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110510
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 06 '24 at 12:27
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 558 60% 475 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4072) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 113 Parallax 114 99% 116 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 84.5 84% 105 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 127 128 129 127 123 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.4% Above average	Read 269 Write 233 Mixed 230 SusWrite 123 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 29 93% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.2 DQ Write 88.9 DQ Mixed 42.9 38% 55 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 94%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 195GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 92 109 96 96 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 366 Write 108 Mixed 124 SusWrite 102 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 10.8 55% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 13.8 20% 35.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 86%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 23GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 127 129 129 127 123 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.6% Average	Read 213 Write 201 Mixed 192 SusWrite 123 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 30.3 99% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 77.1 DQ Mixed 48.1 39% 54.4 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 129%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 60GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 144 54 53 54 53 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.3% Average	Read 200 Write 194 Mixed 184 SusWrite 85.3 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 26.1 86% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 74.5 DQ Mixed 37.9 33% 46.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 176 186 187 189 174 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 14.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 98.9 40% 98.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	48	15	60	31.5"	2560 1377	BNQ7950 BenQ EW3270U

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	63x
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 $100Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	4x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16