Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.1% 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	48.1% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '16 at 08:30
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 431 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 042F) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1035.1001 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 35.4 Reflection 32 Parallax 46.5 29% 37.9 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 30 Splatting 37.9 27% 31.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 80GB free Firmware: 2.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 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 1762 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2047 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3737 (A9) Unknown 100 100 524289 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 193 193 25781010474 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 57 57 184684642347 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	33.1% Below average	Read 198 Write 186 Mixed 153 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 7.83 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 7.32 43% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 7.74 DQ Write 43.7 DQ Mixed 6.55 11% 19.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 97%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 4096 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7146 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1243 (B1) Unknown 97 97 80 (B3) Unknown 99 99 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 70 70 297882 (BE) vendor-specific 63 57 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 297882 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14001416948	48.1% Average	Read 348 Write 277 Mixed 172 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 10.5 52% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 20.3 DQ Write 54.3 DQ Mixed 11.5 16% 28.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 230GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 69 68 9437 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2248 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11926 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1999 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 47 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 46 231928889391 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2257	63.4% Good	Read 98.9 Write 122 Mixed 83.5 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.51 131% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 154GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 95 147257019 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4933 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 57 915383228221 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17014 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2965 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 48 789381166 (C2) HDA temperature 46 52 38654705710 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 55 201795656 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.5% Below average	Read 71 Write 59.5 Mixed 39.2 42% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 38GB free Firmware: 3.01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 53 49 192403768 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7014 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 248458927 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4096 (C2) HDA temperature 51 58 51 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 49 192403768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	20.3% Poor	Read 41.9 Write 28.6 Mixed 36.8 27% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.28 70% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 34%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 505GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 26.2 Mixed 26.9 35% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.25 76% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 20%

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)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 65%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	69x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	51x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	11x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	11x

SSD
GOODRAM 240GBBench 79%, 8,481 samples	11x
CS900 1TB SSDPNYBench 78%, 7,281 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	66x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	45x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	18x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $446

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 $177	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