Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	47.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 01:46
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 174 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 295 41% 304 Pts	64-Core 299 18% 299 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.3% Average	Lighting 58.5 Reflection 63.6 Parallax 56.6 48% 59.6 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 55.4 Splatting 50 47% 58.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (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 92 92 37781 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 350 (B1) Unknown 23 23 927 (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 68 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 142 (F1) Unknown 99 99 127237691616	32.6% Below average	Read 215 Write 80.9 Mixed 93.5 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 7.88 60% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 62.7 DQ Mixed 8.8 16% 31.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 73%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 630GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 8150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 834 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 102 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21317 (C2) HDA temperature 123 110 29 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	54.7% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 91.3 Mixed 62.2 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 100%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 116GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5370 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5206 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 33 (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	58.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 61.6 66% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 76%
WD WD15EZRX-00DC0B0 1.5TB 1,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 34GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 178 175 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1860 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35623 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 219 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 707699 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 29 (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	47.3% Average	Read 76.8 Write 87.6 Mixed 65.2 57% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.16 87% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 83%
Asmt 2115 240GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 28GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 34.3 Write 34 Mixed 34.1 26% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.24 4K Write 7.51 4K Mixed 6.81 1,155% 6.85 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 72%

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

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Gaming 35%

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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 $201Bench 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) $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