Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.24% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	19.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 13:58
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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-$197 185,630 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 below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 62.5 1-Core 82.6 2-Core 117 53% 87.3 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 405 42% 338 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.24% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 1.62 Parallax 1.19 1% 1.37 fps	MRender 2.24 Gravity 0.97 Splatting 2.48 2% 1.89 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.24% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 99 122 112 104 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 305 Write 136 Mixed 189 SusWrite 103 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 28.5 89% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 130 106% 151 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 88%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 27GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 68 67 68 70 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 482 Write 389 Mixed 363 SusWrite 110 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 37.1 129% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 338 252% 334 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 822GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 106 109 89 109 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 36.5 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 95.6 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 131% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	40% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 11.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	72x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x
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	128x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $546

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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