Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.1% 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	48.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 12:29
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 180 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 357 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 85.4 56% 71.2 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 74.9 54% 64.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 311 Write 146 Mixed 160 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 12.9 74% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 38.3 51% 92.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd 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 98 98 5674 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2708 (B1) Unknown 98 98 14 (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 71 57 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 453 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7275175466	57.2% Above average	Read 261 Write 179 Mixed 184 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 22.2 97% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 58.5 68% 119 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 118%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 641GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	56% Above average	Read 104 Write 91.3 Mixed 92.7 72% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.37 108% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 62%

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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 61%

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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%

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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 $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