Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 17:57
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 187 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 333 47% 344 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Gigabyte(1458 350F) 1.5GB CLim: 795 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Lighting 29 Reflection 44.2 Parallax 32.1 24% 35.1 fps	MRender 42.9 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 32.8 27% 32.8 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 895 Write 748 Mixed 670 172% 771 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 10.8 62% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 77.1 108% 203 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 182%
Toshiba MK5075GSX 500GB-$127 6,562 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 56GB free Firmware: GT001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2965 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5036 (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 44 44 22425 (0A) Spinup retry count 199 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1964 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 67163 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231928561695 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8250 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 885 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 348 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	27.1% Poor	Read 46.9 Write 47.2 Mixed 49.4 36% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 60GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 98 197274374 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7057 (05) Reallocated sector count 89 89 487 (07) Seek error rate 72 54 43122304452 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 34109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3110 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 137 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180327948 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 38 876728811552 (C2) HDA temperature 32 62 34359738400 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 19 197274374 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 133526238301323 (F1) Unknown 100 253 611988625 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2496040163	38.4% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 69.9 Mixed 64 50% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.58 123% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 68%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 7GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 146 Write 108 Mixed 117 153% 124 MB/s	4K Read 5.54 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.4 160% 3.21 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Elpida EBJ20UF8BCF0-DJ-F Elpida EBJ20UF8BCF0-DJ-F 8GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.8% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 11.3 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns

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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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Value: 68% - Good

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