Gigabyte GA-Z68M-D2H

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.5% 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	48.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68M-D2H (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '17 at 06:34
Run Duration	404 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 89.7 2-Core 177 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 336 40% 309 Pts	64-Core 332 20% 332 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Lighting 32 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 37.1 26% 32.9 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 33.1 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 65GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13443 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 378 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 50 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1454781791	41% Average	Read 172 Write 178 Mixed 159 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 26.7 4K Mixed 16.8 71% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 48.4 DQ Mixed 17.7 20% 32.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 124%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -54769422043361 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1713 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1712 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 108 108 21178599 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1712 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 438814 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 39 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 438814 (F2) Unknown 100 100 286103 (F9) Unknown 100 100 18687	48.1% Average	Read 300 Write 137 Mixed 165 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 14.7 83% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 14.9 28% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 88%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 6366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 97 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 56 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 41 (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	73.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 131 Mixed 85.9 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.23 104% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 86%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Read 18.3 Write 3.67 Mixed 3.29 8% 8.42 MB/s	4K Read 1.59 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 6% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.7 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 76%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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