Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.8%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.3% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	61.3% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	17.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130313
Uptime	12.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '17 at 23:35
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	77%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-2405S 68 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 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 (56^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	SC Int 65.1 SC Float 66.2 SC Mixed 67 53% 66.1 Pts	QC Int 251 QC Float 266 QC Mixed 269 59% 262 Pts	MC Int 266 MC Float 269 MC Mixed 270 40% 269 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$120 39,106 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 107 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 103 33% 92.7 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 103 Splatting 76.6 37% 86.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 37%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$140 20,889 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 265GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 189 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 51 210454642716 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1400019113 (F7) Unknown 100 100 43764008 (F8) Unknown 100 100 4894923 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1935 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	52.2% Above average	Read 317 Write 277 Mixed 204 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 12.9 70% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 63.8 DQ Mixed 13.4 19% 34.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 85%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 10,072 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 242GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (4^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 1190 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 709 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 87 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 50 214749544478 (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 10504968011 (F7) Unknown 100 100 330066600 (F8) Unknown 100 100 159713072	61.3% Good	Read 278 Write 357 Mixed 227 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 16.8 87% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 83.8 DQ Mixed 18.5 25% 43.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 103%

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	45.5% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 13.8 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 48%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 59%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 72%, 57,301 samples	377x
Core i7-2600KIntel $361Bench 70%, 48,372 samples	181x
Core i7-2600Intel $295Bench 64%, 41,461 samples	147x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 247,983 samples	64x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $310Bench 71%, 231,755 samples	54x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 39%, 139,305 samples	50x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 274,376 samples	78x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 191,118 samples	39x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 48%, 119,806 samples	30x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 116,827 samples	347x
4x4GBUnknownBench 44%, 24,133 samples	181x
2x8GBUnknownBench 51%, 35,298 samples	79x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $696

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $310	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12