Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.9% 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	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '17 at 20:30
Run Duration	343 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 89.8 2-Core 181 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 353 47% 352 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 36D1) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Lighting 23.6 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 20.9 19% 20.8 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 24.8 Splatting 17.7 18% 22.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^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 17480 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 137 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 62 163208757276 (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 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13513513487 (F7) Unknown 100 100 137071615 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1764361857	61.7% Good	Read 493 Write 255 Mixed 340 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 13.7 84% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 13.6 19% 33.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: D781 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 26.9 Mixed 27 22% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.73 4K Write 3.56 4K Mixed 0.47 232% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 98%
Maxtor 7L300S0 300GB-$42 337 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 270GB free Firmware: BACE1G20 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 185 178 24724 (04) Start/Stop count 251 251 5465 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 247 230 57953 (09) Power-on hours count 101 101 31097 (0A) Spinup retry count 247 203 6 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 250 250 1337 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 253 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 10321 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 38 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 247 203 6 (D0) Spin buzz 253 249 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 234 234 238 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	34.8% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 63.4 Mixed 59.1 45% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.35 113% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 35%
WD WD2000JD-00HBB0 200GB 2,211 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 52GB free Firmware: 02.05D02 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 1 0 (03) Spinup time 127 110 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4623 (05) Reallocated sector count 188 188 190 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 51839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 97 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1891 (C2) HDA temperature 115 253 35 (C4) Reallocation count 159 159 41 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 155 0	18% Very poor	Read 23.6 Write 38.7 Mixed 30.4 23% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.42 94% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 32%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 53GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 25 Write 28.3 Mixed 26.5 35% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.29 46% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 22%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 19GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 57.3 Write 42.1 Mixed 50 62% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.19 42% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 44%

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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 17.8 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 65%

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

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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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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