Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	2.29% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120223
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 13:58
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (51^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 501 57% 446 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83C2) 1GB CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 9%
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.29% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 3.73 Parallax 1.69 2% 2.64 fps	MRender 3.71 Gravity 1.37 Splatting 4.65 3% 3.24 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.29% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^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 6034 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1670 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 115 (AE) Unknown 100 100 82 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 51 210453397542 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24053773886 (F7) Unknown 100 100 758533341 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1062071640	72.8% Very good	Read 502 Write 274 Mixed 353 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 20.9 78% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 52.3 98% 196 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 369GB free Firmware: CV13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 218414040 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7053 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6584539 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10454 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2532 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 524296 (BD) vendor-specific 59 59 41 (BE) vendor-specific 61 47 655949863 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36307 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 73014444071 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	73.1% Very good	Read 129 Write 126 Mixed 105 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 301GB free Firmware: KC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 72 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4385 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 198160753 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3089 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 630 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 622329893 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 55834574885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 34 72 (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 139826955301245 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2140351094 (F2) Unknown 100 253 544486819	63.5% Good	Read 102 Write 120 Mixed 97.4 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.52 96% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 57%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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