Intel DZ68BC

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.8% 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	17.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 8 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	INTEL_ DZ68BC__
Motherboard	Intel DZ68BC (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	46.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 01:08
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 199 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 386 51% 383 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Ram: 4GB, Driver: 364.72 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.8% Average	Lighting 60.8 Reflection 59 Parallax 53.2 50% 57.7 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 53.5 Splatting 46.1 44% 55.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 256GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: AGYA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 56613 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 449 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1872898689920 (AA) Unknown 100 100 90203488354 (AD) Unknown 100 100 648576827805 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 329 (C2) HDA temperature 68 56 188979740704 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	17.1% Very poor	Read 91 Write 58.6 Mixed 77 17% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 5.25 32% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 12.2 DQ Write 12.8 DQ Mixed 5.5 6% 10.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 41%
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB-$100 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0004 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 170334568 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 68 68 33131 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 60203496398 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25953 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 64425492495 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 39 730885062697 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33160 (C2) HDA temperature 41 61 77309411369 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 14 170334568 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	77.3% Very good	Read 149 Write 120 Mixed 118 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.68 158% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB-$100 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 156280152 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 20345 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 55 1602152690196 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 51693 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 870 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164165 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 56 46 807993388 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20441 (C2) HDA temperature 44 54 77309411372 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 4 156280152 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 133 3440	63.5% Good	Read 110 Write 111 Mixed 109 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.5 121% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,685 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 87%

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Gaming 17%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Intel DZ68BC - $254

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	2x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	2x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	1x
HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 8,807 samples	1x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1x

SSD
M4 128GBCrucial $116Bench 60%, 34,516 samples	1x
320 Series 160GBIntel $149Bench 42%, 13,029 samples	1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	1x
99U5471-029.A00LF 1x4GBKingstonBench 25%, 213 samples	1x
9905458-020.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 47%, 281 samples	1x

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Total price: $781

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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