Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	33.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	15.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '16 at 22:38
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	85%

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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	37.4% Below average	Memory 63.1 1-Core 26.7 2-Core 46.9 32% 45.6 Pts	4-Core 71.7 8-Core 65.5 9% 68.6 Pts	64-Core 64 4% 64 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3200) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6869 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 42 Parallax 37 35% 40.8 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 38.6 Splatting 34.5 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 222 100 990 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 272 (A6) Unknown 100 100 973 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1024 (A9) Unknown 100 100 41 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1001 (AE) Unknown 100 100 89 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 240518168615 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 33 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 222470 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3729 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2965	15.8% Very poor	Read 190 Write 122 Mixed 137 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.58 2% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 86%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 571GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8308 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2032 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1050 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 593 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1438 (C2) HDA temperature 112 84 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.5% Very good	Read 140 Write 119 Mixed 115 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.41 118% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 400GB free Firmware: CC92 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137770577 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 962 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2114760 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1980 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 771 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 64 46 605487140 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 688 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1627 (C2) HDA temperature 36 54 77309411364 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 137770577 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -26285199850639 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2638058093 (F2) Unknown 100 253 139001195	69.9% Good	Read 120 Write 123 Mixed 115 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.51 117% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 71%

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 as expected (54^th percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 13.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 5.5 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.4% 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 $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 $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