Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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	49.3% 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	48.2% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '16 at 06:54
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 5.9 GHz, turbo 6.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 541 58% 464 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.3% Average	Lighting 60.3 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 59.2 49% 62 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 56.9 50% 61.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 238GB free Firmware: 5.6.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^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 95 95 3094426 (05) Reallocated sector count 88 88 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -70385924045103 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 539 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 60 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 1009320591397 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3094426 (C4) Reallocation count 88 88 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3094426 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3094426 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 12884901888 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2325 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1377 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1377 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2581	50.4% Above average	Read 262 Write 200 Mixed 212 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 15.3 69% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 50.6 69% 124 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 89%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 69GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 6 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21478703146 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 45 193275166756 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 85900656660 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 409 (EA) Unknown 100 100 459 (F1) Unknown 253 253 429 (F2) Unknown 253 253 31 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.3% Very good	Read 493 Write 282 Mixed 228 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 19.5 78% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 51.1 89% 178 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5137 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2140 (B1) Unknown 94 94 63 (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 64 51 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 69 69 30740 (EB) Unknown 99 99 227 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17881568283	48.2% Average	Read 448 Write 64.3 Mixed 90.7 43% 201 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 10.4 64% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 53.4 DQ Mixed 29.2 58% 124 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 85%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 221GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 145 8725 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3179 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2553 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 124 124 228468 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 36 (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 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.8% Below average	Read 55.6 Write 58.8 Mixed 52.5 42% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.13 29% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 63%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 10GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 165 5958 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2779 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2125 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 434 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 83093 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 34 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	37.9% Below average	Read 66.6 Write 65.2 Mixed 71.1 51% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-149.A01LF 9905403-149.A01LF 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.3% Above average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 17.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 59%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	180x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	115x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	100x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	56x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	41x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	34x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	15x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	150x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	145x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16