Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	41.4% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 11:02
Run Duration	291 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$192 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Memory 84.5 1-Core 47.8 2-Core 87.9 49% 73.4 Pts	4-Core 104 8-Core 127 15% 115 Pts	64-Core 139 9% 139 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 83B5) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 347.52 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 20 Parallax 15.4 14% 17.5 fps	MRender 17.6 Gravity 18 Splatting 20 15% 18.5 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 41069 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 756 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 273 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 17695388534975 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 126 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	41.4% Average	Read 358 Write 172 Mixed 188 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 3.4 52% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 73.4 DQ Mixed 6.59 17% 34.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 72%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 255GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 167 163 6633 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9419 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40814 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 763 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 236 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 143615 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 38 (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 1	55% Above average	Read 100 Write 91.2 Mixed 23.9 52% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.18 79% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 67%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Read 34.4 Write 5.78 Mixed 7.21 14% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.26 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.005 16% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 10.2 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 57%

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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 $192Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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