Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110726
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '18 at 02:05
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 174 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 415 44% 354 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 79.1 Parallax 67 63% 74.3 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 71.9 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 59 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 526563535	50.1% Above average	Read 262 Write 203 Mixed 205 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 13.6 75% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 50.9 DQ Mixed 13.5 37% 83.4 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 129%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 389GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 140 Write 128 Mixed 121 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.24 102% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 143GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 167 4433 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6908 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3586 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 419 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6488 (C2) HDA temperature 111 86 36 (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 0	40.9% Average	Read 70.5 Write 71.8 Mixed 77.8 56% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	48.8% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14.1 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 65%

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

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Gaming 35%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

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 $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 i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $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