Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 15:36
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 91 2-Core 179 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 321 45% 331 Pts	64-Core 332 20% 332 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.5 82% 102 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 94.7 77% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 185 186 182 186 177 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 349 Write 223 Mixed 264 SusWrite 184 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 34.6 140% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 240 185% 253 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 92%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 491GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 82 83 84 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 68.8 Write 68.2 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 83.2 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 460GB free Firmware: 1AA01109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 78 82 81 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 79.5 Write 73 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 80.6 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 60%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 18 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 81.7 Write 37.7 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 20.1 49% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.6 144% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 39%

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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 65%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	67x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	54x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 1660Nvidia $143Bench 68%, 230,793 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	8x
Premier SP550 120GBAdata $45Bench 76%, 22,057 samples	8x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	82x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	28x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	24x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $463

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