Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 18:59
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 553 60% 474 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 63.9 56% 69.1 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 58.6 53% 65.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21635 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 102 (B1) Unknown 97 97 151 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17961671552	64.6% Good	Read 393 Write 300 Mixed 351 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 18.2 94% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 17.6 27% 47.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 124%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 1,262 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 141 Mixed 86.9 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 105%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 151 6625 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1859 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 26 26 523282 (C2) HDA temperature 121 107 29 (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 11 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	57.2% Above average	Read 110 Write 89.4 Mixed 19.2 53% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 67%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 341GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 223 198 7816 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3648 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17511 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13060 (C2) HDA temperature 124 110 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	58.5% Above average	Read 115 Write 88.9 Mixed 96.9 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 99%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 109GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 201 2908 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12308 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 52913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1594 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 275 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12308 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 31 (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	64.6% Good	Read 115 Write 110 Mixed 70.4 73% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.46 129% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 63%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

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 $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x
512GB 512GBExramBench 95%, 71 samples	4x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $680

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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