Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 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	93.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 07:45
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

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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 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 459 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 119 Parallax 108 98% 116 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20541 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 115 (B1) Unknown 97 97 32 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 50 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21164608352	82% Excellent	Read 506 Write 327 Mixed 343 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 21.3 104% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 80.4 105% 191 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 118%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 178 5925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 520 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20390 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25877 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.3% Very good	Read 151 Write 122 Mixed 119 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 177 6016 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 549 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20390 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25593 (C2) HDA temperature 119 106 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.8% Excellent	Read 144 Write 145 Mixed 127 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 222GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 161 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5617 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39746 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 472 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 76352 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 36 (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 0	46.8% Average	Read 85.6 Write 77.3 Mixed 72.5 59% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.15 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 124GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 231 230 8441 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3027 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 20 20 58625 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 740 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3027 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 40 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.1% Average	Read 89.8 Write 74 Mixed 81.1 62% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.33 100% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 31GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 223 221 8841 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1492 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26950 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 970 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1487 (C2) HDA temperature 105 94 45 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.1% Average	Read 70.9 Write 68.5 Mixed 74.1 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.38 108% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 76%
Kingston DataTraveler SE9 USB 2.0 16GB-$5 1,670 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 9GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	6.29% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 11.5 Mixed 10.3 16% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.49 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.57 38% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.29% Great: 7%

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 (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.8% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 97%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 - $110

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	103x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	75x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	51x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	19x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	109x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	70x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	58x

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Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16