Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 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	52.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 04:59
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 186 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 357 48% 357 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Lighting 40.7 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 54.9 33% 41.7 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 36.7 29% 34.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 107GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1442 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 229 (AB) Unknown 100 100 79969104 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 6 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 369 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2231 (F9) Unknown 100 100 13782724	64.8% Good	Read 364 Write 353 Mixed 223 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 15 88% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 14.2 26% 48.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 108%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 46376409 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9225589754324 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 52 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 33 68721639448 (C2) HDA temperature 24 33 68721639448 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 46376409 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 46376409 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 46376409 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3578 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2194 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2194 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3479	52.6% Above average	Read 291 Write 184 Mixed 212 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 12.8 92% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 12.5 27% 52.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 65%

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

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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	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