Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.8% 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	62.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3 (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 21:15
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 85.2 2-Core 158 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 313 43% 319 Pts	64-Core 311 19% 311 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2958) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 30.8 31% 34.3 fps	MRender 33.7 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 32.6 27% 33 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23792 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1492 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 55838507037 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 68 68 33 (EA) Unknown 100 100 437065 (F1) Unknown 100 100 61274 (F2) Unknown 100 100 42196 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 51744	62.2% Good	Read 377 Write 343 Mixed 248 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 16 79% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 90.5 DQ Mixed 14.4 24% 43.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 103%
USB3.0 2TB 236 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0101 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 30.6 Mixed 34.7 26% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 104%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 165GB free Firmware: MN6OAA10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34387001764 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7886 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2414 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8124 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 219044118555 (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	68.4% Good	Read 143 Write 95.5 Mixed 65.8 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.32 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 85%
Asmedia ASMT1153e 2TB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 93GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 30.4 Mixed 33.4 25% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.3 81% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 39GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123428357 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6242 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 148594172 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 34161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3243 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 851981 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 46 471072796 (C2) HDA temperature 28 54 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 18 123428357 (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 23308787559674 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3363483714 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2947850757	53.4% Above average	Read 88.6 Write 97.6 Mixed 33.2 54% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 68%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 153GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 30.7 Mixed 26 38% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.19 49% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 16.4 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 115%

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

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

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 $195Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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