Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	28.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3 (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '15 at 10:48
Run Duration	526 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 91 2-Core 181 62% 136 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 443 48% 381 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 54% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% XFX(1682 3221) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.0 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.9% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 48.8 30% 37.7 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 35.4 Splatting 34.3 26% 31.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST9320310AS 320GB 677 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 194768408 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 738 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 12898069790 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 829 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 236 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7834 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 25769803803 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 43 194768408 (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 -50435800956618 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1656050463 (F2) Unknown 100 253 100821443 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	39.5% Below average	Read 71.8 Write 66.2 Mixed 33.6 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 0.17 33% 0.21 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 48%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 500GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 356GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 74.8 Write 74.5 Mixed 13.5 64% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 32%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 1GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 0GB free, PID null Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	2.73% Terrible	Read 9.21 Write 4.09 Mixed 5.46 7% 6.25 MB/s	4K Read 1.97 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 8% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.73% Great: 4%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	69x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	51x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	11x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	11x

SSD
GOODRAM 240GBBench 79%, 8,481 samples	11x
CS900 1TB SSDPNYBench 78%, 7,281 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	66x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	45x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	18x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $446

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

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Performance Results

PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)