Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	71.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 22:56
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 6.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 614 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% MSI(1462 2560) 1.5GB CLim: 960 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 22% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13456 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (A8) Unknown 100 100 319 (AA) Unknown 100 100 224 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3080264 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 255 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 203 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14960	71.1% Very good	Read 515 Write 311 Mixed 333 85% 387 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 9.49 71% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 44.6 89% 183 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 94%
Hitachi HTS545016B9A300 160GB-$30 3,506 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 32GB free Firmware: PBBOCA0G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 204 100 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4245 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 5653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 530 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 648539996163 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BE) vendor-specific 76 49 471138328 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 14549214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 18289 (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 3 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	28.3% Poor	Read 48.1 Write 50.3 Mixed 48 37% 48.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.21 49% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 34%

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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 65%

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Gaming 63%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 51%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	58x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	9x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	8x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	10x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	9x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x
512GB 512GBExramBench 95%, 71 samples	4x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	3x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	33x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	17x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	15x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $681

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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