Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics126% 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 Drive32.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110719
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateApr 10 '17 at 20:05
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 18%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319
Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
75.7% Very good
Memory 90.8
1-Core 106
2-Core 193
76% 130 Pts
4-Core 328
8-Core 538
53% 433 Pts
64-Core 548
34% 548 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 173
Reflection 187
Parallax 184
141% 181 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 170
Splatting 125
114% 140 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199
145GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
32.9% Below average
Read 162
Write 134
Mixed 120
31% 139 MB/s
4K Read 19.3
4K Write 36.2
4K Mixed 8.4
59% 21.3 MB/s
DQ Read 17.2
DQ Write 40.3
DQ Mixed 8.62
12% 22.1 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 32.9%
Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119
892GB free
Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
60.5% Good
Read 114
Write 96.9
Mixed 80.6
73% 97.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.12
4K Write 0.47
4K Mixed 0.07
21% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 60.5%
Great: 72%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
26.3% Poor
MC Read 8.3
MC Write 7.8
MC Mixed 8
23% 8.03 GB/s
SC Read 7.3
SC Write 7.9
SC Mixed 8.1
22% 7.77 GB/s
Latency 66.1
60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 26.3%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 Builds (Compare 96 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $680
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