Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	34.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '17 at 12:08
Run Duration	680 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$196 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 207 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 514 57% 449 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 8C91) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 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 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1678 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (A5) Unknown 100 100 614238782234 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 134 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 46 231928234026 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 956 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1133878968584 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 981 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3715 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1973 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2265 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	34.8% Below average	Read 479 Write 71.3 Mixed 17.7 40% 189 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 0.84 32% 9.6 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 13.3 DQ Mixed 3.91 17% 40.6 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 71%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 317GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: UDMA 133 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 65.6 Write 9.66 Mixed 14.6 22% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.07 31% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 43%
Logitec LHD-SD1000SA 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 204GB free Firmware: 1.09 Max speed: UDMA 133 133 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.2% Below average	Read 63.6 Write 62.1 Mixed 25.1 37% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.31 83% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 63%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 164GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 115 108 7233 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2023 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8020 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1115 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 236 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 39902 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 30 (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 200 198 45 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.3% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 64.2 Mixed 61.6 47% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 126GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 75772755 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1983 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 105531552 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1586 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131079 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 622198817 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 30064771105 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 29 75772755 (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 -69814693387123 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2290452833 (F2) Unknown 100 253 745010595	58% Above average	Read 101 Write 101 Mixed 83.6 71% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.41 95% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 68%
Generic External 320GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 173GB free, PID 1340 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 30 Mixed 8.59 28% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.35 56% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 20%
Verbatim STORE N GO 32GB 3,394 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 29GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	5.86% Terrible	Read 22.1 Write 2.63 Mixed 2.89 8% 9.22 MB/s	4K Read 8.77 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 33% 2.92 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.86% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 61%

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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	308x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	281x
Core i7-2600Intel $196Bench 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	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 i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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