Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	59.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120613
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 02:54
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 5.9 GHz, turbo 6.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 73.1 1-Core 68.7 2-Core 172 60% 105 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 329 36% 283 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22776 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2598 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 201 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 10647298114883 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	59.5% Above average	Read 482 Write 264 Mixed 340 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 7.74 66% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 8.45 36% 81.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 74%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 45GB free Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^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 (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22640 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3518 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 102 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 5905624728244 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	44.3% Average	Read 266 Write 180 Mixed 216 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 6.95 60% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 13.9 40% 87.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 72%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$76 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 179 5633 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12344 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1168 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35128 (C2) HDA temperature 122 107 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	61.4% Good	Read 105 Write 109 Mixed 107 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.21 97% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 88%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 629GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 164 6416 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10390 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2103 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 925 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9464 (C2) HDA temperature 122 101 28 (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	71% Very good	Read 135 Write 112 Mixed 119 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 3.31 4K Mixed 0.57 148% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 85%
WD WD20EARS-00MVWB0 1TB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 24GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 121 (03) Spinup time 122 122 38685245909 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 20500 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 41523 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3505 (C0) Power-off retract count 83 83 21434 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 21434 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 236224446495 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 16679	33.7% Below average	Read 57.3 Write 60.1 Mixed 55.6 43% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.45 99% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 99%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 19GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 138 9775 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17846 (05) Reallocated sector count 150 150 396 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3636 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1448 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 215692 (C2) HDA temperature 125 98 27 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 388 (C5) Current pending sector count 196 196 1426 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 0	25.6% Poor	Read 55.4 Write 33.8 Mixed 49.8 35% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.1 34% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M379B5273DH0-YK0 M379B5273DH0-YK0 8502 1600 CL9 Series 8502 1600 CL9 Series 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 16.1 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 94.3 42% 94.3 ns

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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	282x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 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 $269	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 $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