Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.4% 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	36.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 00:33
Run Duration	568 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$201 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 95.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 519 53% 428 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3692) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Lighting 49.2 Reflection 45.8 Parallax 41.6 40% 45.5 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 37 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1326 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (A5) Unknown 100 100 124596847164 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 110 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 46 231928234028 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 956 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 816049750206 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 769 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2673 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1394 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1748 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	36.1% Below average	Read 488 Write 68.8 Mixed 91.1 46% 216 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 4.23 34% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 14.6 DQ Mixed 6.34 18% 41.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 166GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157592636 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 105052288 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1507 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65542 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 521863199 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 30064771103 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 29 157592636 (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 -91156385881429 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1428650961 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4247301068	57% Above average	Read 105 Write 93.5 Mixed 34.6 57% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.5 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 68%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 140GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 119 108 7050 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1760 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1036 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38591 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 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 200 198 45 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 61.3 Mixed 39.8 41% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.35 97% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 57%
I-O DATA HDC-U 250GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 175GB free, PID 010f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 29.6 Mixed 23.7 37% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.41 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 18%
Generic External 320GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 162GB free, PID 1340 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 42.5 Write 33.2 Mixed 14.5 35% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.34 76% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 20%
Hitachi HTS541612J9AT00 120GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 49GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 29.6 Write 31.4 Mixed 2.95 25% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 14%
FUJITSU MHS2060AT 60GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 48GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11.9% Very poor	Read 23.6 Write 22.6 Mixed 16.5 26% 20.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.22 47% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 12%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB 7,326 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 27GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	5.18% Terrible	Read 21 Write 4.54 Mixed 7.19 11% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.83 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.002 18% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.18% Great: 20%

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)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 35%

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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	310x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	285x
Core i7-2600Intel $201Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	72x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x

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	313x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	158x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	131x

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Total price: $546

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