Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.5% 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	54.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

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, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 19:10
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th 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% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 207 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 400 53% 399 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 111 Parallax 89 89% 103 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 101 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 146GB free Firmware: 2.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 10624 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2605 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1128 (A9) Unknown 100 100 17181900813 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 195 195 4301979704 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 275 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 171800330273 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	70.7% Very good	Read 478 Write 224 Mixed 288 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 20.6 93% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 28.8 76% 161 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 97%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14794 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3423 (B1) Unknown 96 96 48 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 626 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29484303706	54.8% Above average	Read 262 Write 136 Mixed 159 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 21.5 95% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 73.2 80% 137 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 118%
HGST Deskstar NAS 5TB-$231 660 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 134 134 38686949867 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2579 (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 4736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1125 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2604 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2604 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 227634446378 (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 200 200 0	83.5% Excellent	Read 154 Write 137 Mixed 99.7 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.45 120% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 110%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 797GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6135 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2589 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 367 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28758 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 32 (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	67.9% Good	Read 117 Write 119 Mixed 123 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.27 97% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 577GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 154 7116 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8937 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 16019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4096 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 46219 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 32 (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	57.3% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 101 Mixed 81.3 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.27 114% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 670GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 1256 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13516 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 8602331149 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6122 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 55835492419 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 639172643 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1289 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15247 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 73014444067 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 6 1256 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 96220152347162 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1729441235 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2316391168	45.7% Average	Read 82.9 Write 76.3 Mixed 29.9 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.49 95% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 75%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 422GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 138 9741 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14360 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6776 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 140 140 182201 (C2) HDA temperature 116 87 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	48.7% Average	Read 85 Write 84.7 Mixed 48.3 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.14 63% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 63%

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)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 65%

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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 $192Bench 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 $269	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 $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