Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	10.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 01:27
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 574 62% 489 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 156 Parallax 135 120% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 144 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY2 115GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 14GB free Firmware: 1.35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 102 222740946 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 112029926986969 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 681 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 41 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 102 222740946 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27840 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14080 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14080 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19136	36% Below average	Read 229 Write 63.6 Mixed 95.3 28% 129 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 10.2 66% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 67.1 DQ Mixed 31.2 38% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 47%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 12GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7560 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 412 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 70 46 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4890785736	65.5% Good	Read 268 Write 183 Mixed 204 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 34.3 114% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 89.6 92% 150 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 134%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 59 59 494272059 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8468 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 436 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2306470211 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1525676680 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 957092464 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 390 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 87 87 87 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2681766105741 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1661272180601 (F9) Unknown 100 100 69177541551407	72.9% Very good	Read 449 Write 283 Mixed 351 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 14.1 87% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 9.97 81% 187 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 98%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 107 Write 121 Mixed 115 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.35 102% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 67%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 209GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 113 113 25792086357 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10700 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 54274 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 749 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12276 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 257699086362 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	36.7% Below average	Read 53.5 Write 74.1 Mixed 57.6 46% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.37 82% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 51%
WD SSC-D0256SC-2100 256GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 4GB free Firmware: 5.12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 16777215 (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 5642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 728 (A8) Unknown 100 100 57 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 100 257700003880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 4718600 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1103950447559
Poor: 7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 18.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	102x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	75x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	109x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	70x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	57x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $573

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