Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.8% 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	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '18 at 01:58
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 96 2-Core 188 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 472 50% 397 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1582) 1.5GB CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 1012 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	24.8% Poor	Lighting 28.9 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 32.7 24% 34.8 fps	MRender 44.3 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 33.6 27% 33.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 123 126 125 127 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 346 Write 318 Mixed 242 SusWrite 126 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 31.7 109% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 37.8 38% 58.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 101%
WD WD2500AVVS-61L2B0 250GB 2,518 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 12GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 52 54 49 49 41 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	25% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 39 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 47.1 28% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 35%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 405GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 127 127 125 127 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 126 Mixed 54 SusWrite 127 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 97%

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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