Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '19 at 17:42
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 553 52% 432 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 13AA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 142 Parallax 151 123% 148 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 127 Splatting 103 108% 136 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 261 259 257 254 252 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 441 Mixed 379 SusWrite 275 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 45 162% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
PNY XLR8 240GB-$212 552 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 83GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 203 192 216 212 202 MB/s Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.1% Good	Read 241 Write 215 Mixed 206 SusWrite 208 49% 217 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 28.8 113% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 140 119% 172 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 222GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 68 69 69 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 67.5 Mixed 58 SusWrite 68.5 49% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 76%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: MPAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 92 92 94 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 92 Write 101 Mixed 11 SusWrite 91.7 53% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 72%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 750GB free Firmware: GKAOA70M SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 82 Write 80.7 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 81.7 52% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 115%

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

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Typical GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Builds (Compare 941 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 35%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

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	282x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 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	311x
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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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