Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.6% 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	52.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '16 at 21:03
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2130-$50 6,759 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 68.8 2-Core 133 61% 97.3 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 216 28% 212 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1976) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Lighting 64.9 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 59.3 53% 63.6 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 60.6 Splatting 53.1 49% 61 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1856 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 181 181 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 71 44 240519151645 (F1) Unknown 100 100 151324	52.6% Above average	Read 398 Write 261 Mixed 201 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 7.94 66% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 10.6 18% 34.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 407GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 196119424 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1941 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23741162 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 922 (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 72 49 470810652 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42127 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 47244640284 (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 78572131718039 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6412187560 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11248355756	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 181 Mixed 104 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.34 115% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 82GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1121 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1066 (C2) HDA temperature 116 93 27 (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	71.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 123 Mixed 77.1 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.34 134% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 50%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

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	114x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	54x
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	143x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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