Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52% 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	34.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '16 at 22:52
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 529 57% 452 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1035.1001 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 58 Parallax 74.1 52% 65.4 fps	MRender 57.6 Gravity 52.5 Splatting 74 52% 61.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AST680S 240GB 320 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 58GB free Firmware: AP110PD0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1614 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 663 (A3) Unknown 100 100 17 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 79258 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1782697520	45.4% Average	Read 25.9 Write 331 Mixed 61.2 32% 139 MB/s	4K Read 2.88 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 13 46% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 61.3 90% 168 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 91%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12371559 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 113893942762033 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3081 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1412 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 43 687197585433 (C2) HDA temperature 25 43 687197585433 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12371559 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12371559 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12371559 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 21474836481 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4070 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2647 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2647 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6749	34.3% Below average	Read 172 Write 75 Mixed 102 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 11.4 62% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 30.8 42% 76.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 73%
Apacer AST680S 240GB 320 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 49GB free Firmware: AP110PD0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1617 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 668 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3243791086	47% Average	Read 267 Write 133 Mixed 210 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 12.6 69% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 58.3 77% 139 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 244GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 43871037 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11697 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 398013363 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5876 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 921 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 470941724 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 42949672988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 24 43871037 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 27891517653465 (F1) Unknown 100 253 873926663 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3814501438	66.9% Good	Read 121 Write 112 Mixed 97.2 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.54 117% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 70%

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 (93^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 19.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 65%

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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 $194Bench 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 $300	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