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 as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	73.7% 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	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '17 at 16:26
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 421 50% 384 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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: 382.33 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 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^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 6196 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1719 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 120 (AE) Unknown 100 100 90 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 51 210453397543 (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 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24901616622 (F7) Unknown 100 100 785260191 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1119377617	73.7% Very good	Read 500 Write 272 Mixed 349 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 22.1 83% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 51.4 96% 192 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.7% 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 (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41765128 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6750026 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2580 (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 59 47 690487337 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37123 (C2) HDA temperature 41 53 73014444073 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.9% Very good	Read 127 Write 124 Mixed 105 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 295GB free Firmware: KC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 184 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4500 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 198501419 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3138 (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 61 52 656867367 (C2) HDA temperature 39 48 55834574887 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 34 184 (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 42863773626891 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14760098 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1571104535	65.5% Good	Read 111 Write 118 Mixed 89 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.54 100% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.5% 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 below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.7% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 57%

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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	115x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x
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	144x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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