Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.9% 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	54.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110506
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '17 at 07:46
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (52^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-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 179 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 454 48% 383 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Lighting 22.8 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 19.8 19% 19.4 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 15.5 Splatting 20 14% 16.1 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 13733086 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 109349867367978 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1551 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 190 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 59 81608245285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13733086 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13733086 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13733086 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6439 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5630 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5630 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10304	54.1% Above average	Read 494 Write 223 Mixed 249 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 12.9 63% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 69.4 DQ Mixed 12.3 19% 35.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 89%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 6441 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3936 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1851 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 138 138 187657 (C2) HDA temperature 120 102 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.8% Below average	Read 73.6 Write 37.2 Mixed 72.3 46% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.12 62% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 65%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21494169894 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 708 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 689 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 708 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 708 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 210454773793 (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	89.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 156 Mixed 140 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.18 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 108%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 837GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 8133 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11848 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1530 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4578 (C2) HDA temperature 123 106 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	56.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 93.7 Mixed 86.5 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.16 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 17.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

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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Total price: $573

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