Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3  (all builds)
Memory3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20130308
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateMay 08 '18 at 05:06
Run Duration191 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 94.7
1-Core 124
2-Core 240
87% 153 Pts
4-Core 423
8-Core 630
65% 526 Pts
64-Core 621
38% 621 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
71.6% Very good
Lighting 94.4
Reflection 92.2
Parallax 86.7
77% 91.1 fps
MRender 80.8
Gravity 77.3
Splatting 68.9
61% 75.7 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65
771GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
54.1% Above average
Read 92.3
Write 96.1
Mixed 25.7
52% 71.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.66
4K Write 1.75
4K Mixed 0.16
78% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 54.1%
Great: 57%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB
139GB free
Firmware: 21.07QR5 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
47.4% Average
Read 81.2
Write 83.6
Mixed 60
56% 74.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.84
4K Write 1.85
4K Mixed 0.56
131% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 47.4%
Great: 47%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250
86GB free
Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
43.9% Average
Read 81.4
Write 71.5
Mixed 30
45% 61 MB/s
4K Read 0.34
4K Write 1.23
4K Mixed 0.39
80% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 43.9%
Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
33.2% Below average
Read 61.5
Write 54.4
Mixed 44.2
40% 53.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.18
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.25
48% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 33.2%
Great: 60%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
32.4% Below average
MC Read 11.2
MC Write 10.4
MC Mixed 9.6
30% 10.4 GB/s
SC Read 6.5
SC Write 7.1
SC Mixed 10.2
23% 7.93 GB/s
Latency 58
69% 58 ns
Poor: 22%
This bench: 32.4%
Great: 35%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 37%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $628
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