Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	48.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 23:22
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 479 52% 412 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.3 82% 101 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 98.6 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14584 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 617 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 149 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4264925725310 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 110 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 9 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	48.8% Average	Read 393 Write 195 Mixed 255 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 5.38 66% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 6.69 22% 45.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 72%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 85 (03) Spinup time 146 146 25795363279 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 32 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 29 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4486 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 136 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 167504576539 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	41% Average	Read 70.7 Write 72.6 Mixed 29.4 42% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.11 4K Mixed 0.08 14% 0.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 82%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 12GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 129 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1248 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 29057 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1189 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1248 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 26 (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	47.7% Average	Read 83.8 Write 82.9 Mixed 62.1 57% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 0.09 19% 0.15 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 60%
Seagate GoFlex Desk 2TB 1,143 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1TB free, PID 50a5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 36.2 Write 106 Mixed 25.4 78% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.23 25% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 18 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 63%

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

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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	102x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	75x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 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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Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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