Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	95% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160711
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 18:19
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 5.9 GHz, turbo 7.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 446 60% 446 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2827 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 191 Parallax 176 146% 182 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 183 Splatting 124 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155 2,300 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 83GB free Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 501 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 432 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 152 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6934 (A5) Unknown 100 100 16 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 89290 (F2) Unknown 100 100 93154 (F5) Unknown 100 100 55472	75.9% Very good	Read 495 Write 263 Mixed 277 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 24.8 96% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 47.7 87% 176 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 101%
Toshiba Q Series Pro 256GB-$109 1,725 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1976 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 183 183 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 359 (C2) HDA temperature 69 60 171799937055 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	95% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 448 Mixed 502 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 36.9 105% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 123 141% 242 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 107%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 232GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 187 5025 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5954 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4862 (BE) vendor-specific 45 32 55 (C2) HDA temperature 95 82 55 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.5% Below average	Read 56.9 Write 59.4 Mixed 57.1 44% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.34 105% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 35%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 159GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 15 (03) Spinup time 179 174 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2802 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1977 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 307 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2496 (C2) HDA temperature 108 94 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	57.7% Above average	Read 111 Write 90.3 Mixed 93.7 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 22.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 22 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 72%

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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	309x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	283x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	72x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	63x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	44x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16