Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.2% 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	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20110513
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '17 at 05:12
Run Duration	458 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 184 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 467 52% 408 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.5% 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 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.3 92% 110 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 1634 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (64) Unknown 100 100 2140032 (65) Unknown 100 100 463904 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 630 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1312 (B7) Unknown 98 98 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 100 150324707352 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3950 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2465 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3340 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2978 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	45.2% Average	Read 343 Write 198 Mixed 191 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 8.61 62% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 50.4 DQ Mixed 8.49 15% 28.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 88%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 34GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 71262098282237 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3016 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2642 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 2558897 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2642 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 102677 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 56 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 102677 (F2) Unknown 100 100 133898 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2890	52.7% Above average	Read 313 Write 148 Mixed 197 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 14.1 101% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 60.8 DQ Mixed 15.6 20% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 114857411 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4616 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 60384173 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3258 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 82 21 (BD) vendor-specific 72 72 28 (BE) vendor-specific 66 42 855269769250 (C2) HDA temperature 34 58 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 24 114857411 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 31327491470995 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3632154620 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1041150197	67% Good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 115 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.49 121% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 70%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 8GB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 4GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	7.52% Terrible	Read 20.9 Write 3.33 Mixed 4.79 9% 9.67 MB/s	4K Read 5.18 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.98 81% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.52% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 72%

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

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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