Gigabyte GA-Z68M-D2H

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.9% 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	37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68M-D2H (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 08:56
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2320-$165 38,345 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 82.9 2-Core 162 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 314 41% 308 Pts	64-Core 306 19% 306 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 227D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 39 Reflection 35.1 Parallax 47.3 32% 40.5 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 32.8 Splatting 40.4 29% 34.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10302 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14548 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2357 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 306 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 168903 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 2292 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 872928 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 168903 (F2) Unknown 100 100 223968	37.8% Below average	Read 262 Write 90.4 Mixed 132 35% 162 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 13 57% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 11.7 33% 72.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 45%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 684GB free Firmware: AX0R2J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 1696 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 883 (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 98 98 976 (0A) Spinup retry count 117 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 677 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 31159 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8041 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 214749085723 (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 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 494 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 270 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	57.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 96.2 Mixed 90.6 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 62%
Samsung HD251HJ 250GB-$39 2,756 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 189GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 3510 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3068 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11874 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 876 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 85 54 252641295 (C2) HDA temperature 81 50 319750163 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1240 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	43.1% Average	Read 73.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 73.4 56% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.48 98% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 53%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB 1,935 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	6.32% Terrible	Read 27.4 Write 5.74 Mixed 7.4 13% 13.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.61 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 17% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.32% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 15.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 65%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68M-D2H

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	26x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	21x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	14x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	8x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	8x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
128GB 128GBNetacBench 58%, 1,666 samples	5x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	28x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	28x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	17x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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