Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.4% 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	53.1% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 16:45
Run Duration	369 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 96 2-Core 182 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 464 52% 411 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1401) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.4% Below average	Lighting 43.1 Reflection 42.5 Parallax 38 35% 41.2 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 34.1 30% 36.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 435GB free Firmware: X41200RL 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 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2424855 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 66 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1423 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 63 270584905761 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 25769803782 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 445 (EA) Unknown 100 100 472 (F1) Unknown 253 253 449 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	37% Below average	Read 253 Write 141 Mixed 115 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 10.5 57% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 43.3 DQ Mixed 10.9 15% 27.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 107%
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^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 5489 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1081 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 195 (AE) Unknown 100 100 122 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 50 214748364837 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15667128606 (F7) Unknown 100 100 498757464 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2588463216	53.1% Above average	Read 288 Write 268 Mixed 245 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 13.2 78% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 88.6 DQ Mixed 14.3 23% 42.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 507GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 191 6133 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2751 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2740 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 138095 (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	53.1% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 89.2 Mixed 58.7 60% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.14 60% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 59%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1TB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	7.82% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 17.8 Mixed 8.69 18% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.17 20% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 7.82% Great: 49%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 779GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 22 Write 21 Mixed 18.7 26% 20.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.22 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 58%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 548GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 28.1 Mixed 22.6 35% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.05 13% 0.14 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 44%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1.5TB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 387GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 26.3 Mixed 26 34% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 0.16 4K Mixed 0.05 8% 0.12 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 33%

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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 16.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	121x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	51x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	44x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	93x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	42x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	31x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $613

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16