Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	20.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '18 at 19:07
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Memory 53.3 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 113 47% 80 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 254 34% 255 Pts	64-Core 252 16% 252 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% MSI(1462 2821) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 368.39 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.7% Poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 23.7 Parallax 34.8 19% 27.3 fps	MRender 35.4 Gravity 25.7 Splatting 27.8 24% 29.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 31%
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)	1.87% Terrible	Lighting 2.03 Reflection 2.73 Parallax 1.38 2% 2.05 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.83 2% 2.67 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.87% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDRE512GB-LT 512GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^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 2830 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1036 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 88 (A3) Unknown 100 100 67 (A4) Unknown 100 100 31329 (A5) Unknown 100 100 52 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2930 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 120202 (F2) Unknown 100 100 147350 (F5) Unknown 100 100 250632	66.4% Good	Read 490 Write 278 Mixed 359 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 16.9 83% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 59.6 61% 98.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 3488 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8725 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 105746617 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3487 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295032845 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 9212985381 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9679 (C2) HDA temperature 37 55 -140737488355291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 9 3488 (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 131086696855725 (F1) Unknown 100 253 962277259 (F2) Unknown 100 253 339984570	71.3% Very good	Read 123 Write 125 Mixed 116 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.56 109% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 13GB free Firmware: 1AA01107 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 95 0 (03) Spinup time 69 69 10200 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 7675 (05) Reallocated sector count 89 89 461 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 40178 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 35 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5115 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 39 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 42 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 70 42 11609801687070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 43439 (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 200 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 1	33.8% Below average	Read 52 Write 65.4 Mixed 61.2 45% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.31 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 60%

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 below expectations (6^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 9.2 25% 8.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 6 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 149 27% 149 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.7% 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	281x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	72x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x
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	128x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $546

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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) $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