Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% 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 47%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	12.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	33.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110411
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '20 at 19:18
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	30%

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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	47% Average	Memory 63.8 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 128 52% 88.1 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 173 24% 175 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Sapphire(1DA2 E367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Lighting 14 Reflection 21.5 Parallax 16.7 11% 17.4 fps	MRender 20.6 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 24 16% 18.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126KB SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 61 54 45 39 40 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.9% Below average	Read 206 Write 137 Mixed 81.1 SusWrite 52.4 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 20.9 65% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 64.2 DQ Mixed 28.5 26% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 90%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 74 71 59 62 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 124 Write 77.9 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 68.8 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 737GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 132 132 124 130 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 124 Write 79.1 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 130 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 208GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 106 116 112 111 115 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 102 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 112 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 75%
Asmt ASM105x 3TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 408GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 17 16 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 30 Write 30.8 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 16.5 20% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 97%
Asmt ASM105x 1TB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 654GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 16 17 16 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 30 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 16.5 18% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	24.5% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 7.8 23% 8.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 8 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 51%

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

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	121x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	49x
Core i7-2600Intel $190Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	44x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	92x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	42x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	31x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $613

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16