Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '17 at 12:27
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 223 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 606 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14182181 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -29764123357082 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1617 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 805 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 44 64427393057 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 64427393057 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14182181 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14182181 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14182181 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 30064771073 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11395 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9167 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9167 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8430 (F4) Unknown 98 98 7995476	64.4% Good	Read 404 Write 120 Mixed 187 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 19.5 122% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 9.96 38% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 73%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 35GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1950 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 453 (A5) Unknown 100 100 266295902317 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 94 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 41 253403070514 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 154621378599 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 331 (EA) Unknown 100 100 513 (F1) Unknown 253 253 473 (F2) Unknown 253 253 869 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.4% Very good	Read 517 Write 335 Mixed 280 83% 378 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 5.93 99% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 6.88 59% 137 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 78%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 174GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 18 (03) Spinup time 146 142 3691 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3357 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2455 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 82 18 (BC) Unknown 100 85 64425492506 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 572391458 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 858 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2504 (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	70% Very good	Read 127 Write 117 Mixed 113 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.45 109% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 19 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 72%

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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	114x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	54x
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	143x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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