Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.2% 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	81.7% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130308
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '17 at 17:32
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 392 52% 389 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3110) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 14.6 14% 15.2 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 17.3 11% 13.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2848 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 654 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 53 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 53 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7693866791	81.7% Excellent	Read 515 Write 416 Mixed 415 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 19.7 106% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 97.7 75% 98.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 115%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 679GB free Firmware: 3.AFM Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 103187606810 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1172 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 34 723714086 (C2) HDA temperature 38 66 64424509478 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 57 206820460 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.5% Average	Read 76.5 Write 71.6 Mixed 70 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.26 76% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-199.A00LF 2x4GB 869 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.4 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $195Bench 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 $109Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $628

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 $15	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