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 (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	47.4% 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 08:45
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (41^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-$195 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 184 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 459 47% 381 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 74%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LM960HCHP-000MV 960GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 559GB free Firmware: GXT31M3Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1622 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 64 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4863 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1288608734 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1164987789 (F3) Unknown 100 100 2791919496 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 65535 (F6) Unknown 100 100 65535 (F7) Unknown 100 100 65535 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0	64.2% Good	Read 356 Write 253 Mixed 295 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 24.9 101% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 98.4 72% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 112%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 3716 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (64) Unknown 100 100 3250736 (65) Unknown 100 100 466544 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 1916 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 717 (B7) Unknown 97 97 21 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 167504707613 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5961 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2605 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4770 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2270 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	47.4% Average	Read 492 Write 188 Mixed 226 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 25 4K Mixed 6.95 45% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 3.85 22% 48.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 82%
WD WD3200BUCT-63TWBY0 320GB 2,278 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 234GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 139 1275 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2321 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1133 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2185 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 27 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	27.6% Poor	Read 46 Write 50 Mixed 61 40% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.1 44% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 47%
Maxtor STM3250820AS 250GB 2,495 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 187GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 94 28320765 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7879 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 421700815 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19725 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1194 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 48 706740266 (C2) HDA temperature 42 52 60129542186 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 54 110131837 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	24.5% Poor	Read 44.3 Write 40.8 Mixed 41.2 32% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 44%

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 (92^nd percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 18 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 61%

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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 $195Bench 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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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