Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	17.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '16 at 01:47
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2405S 194 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2405S CPU @ 2.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 132 60% 97 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 252 34% 251 Pts	64-Core 242 15% 242 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 0000) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 4.88 Parallax 3.44 4% 4.2 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.48 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 336GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 874 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 523 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 50 214749544483 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6972372972 (F7) Unknown 100 100 219165457 (F8) Unknown 100 100 111464989	61% Good	Read 256 Write 364 Mixed 208 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 17.5 86% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 14.8 26% 48.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224691640 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1764285 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2638 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1224 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 62 202436050978 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11741 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 -140737488355294 (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 -77545634528890 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5747908929 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9179864150	103% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 182 Mixed 110 117% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.36 103% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 195 186 1686 (03) Spinup time 239 160 3016 (04) Start/Stop count 7 7 93949 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2643 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 313 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 119 119 243578 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 33 (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	53.3% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 93.3 Mixed 53 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 304GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162500032 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8694 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4322909547 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1764 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 572588066 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 12884901922 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 27 162500032 (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 -92509300579941 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2809140189 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3647147499	51.7% Above average	Read 89 Write 91.2 Mixed 81.4 66% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 029E CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 029E CMX8GX3M1A1333C9 029E CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 20GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.1% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 13.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 48%

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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 $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	15x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	148x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	144x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

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