Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160711
Uptime	27.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '18 at 05:37
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (33^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 7.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 421 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.96% Terrible	Lighting 2.13 Reflection 3.35 Parallax 1.44 2% 2.31 fps	MRender 3.19 Gravity 1.2 Splatting 3.96 2% 2.78 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.96% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-128L9M-11 MSATA 128GB 544 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: HM7110B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2201 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 102477 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 624 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 184998 (F2) Unknown 100 100 199977	52% Above average	Read 334 Write 229 Mixed 276 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 14.2 66% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 67.8 DQ Mixed 14.2 36% 77.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 94%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 67GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 167 163 6616 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2922 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2708 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 553 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18414 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 38 (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 2	33.8% Below average	Read 57.7 Write 59.8 Mixed 12.2 31% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.13 70% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 38GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 44 9954 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4351 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1776 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3060 (B5) Unknown 100 100 16888633 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4125 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 180389937188 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 230 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4867	43.7% Average	Read 70.8 Write 81.2 Mixed 80 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.32 93% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 72%
Generic External 1TB 2,077 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 537GB free, PID 0840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 31.9 Write 22.1 Mixed 25.1 32% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.14 15% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-004.A01LF 99P5471-004.A01LF 99P5471-004.A01LF 9905471-011.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 16 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 53%

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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	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 $46Bench 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 $46

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