Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.3% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110502
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 08:49
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 92.2 2-Core 185 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 469 52% 412 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3685) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 84.6 Reflection 83.2 Parallax 74 69% 80.6 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 67 60% 74.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel S3500 Series 240GB-$135 644 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: D2010355 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2313 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2364 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 153 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4298703450 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 84 84 268632080 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 153 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 97299 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 175179 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 89 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 175179 (F2) Unknown 100 100 290483	57.3% Above average	Read 343 Write 277 Mixed 164 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 16.6 81% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 87.8 DQ Mixed 18.6 26% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 158 6933 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4646 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3221 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 36987 (C2) HDA temperature 131 117 19 (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	64.2% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 23.7 60% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.21 93% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 67%

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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 18 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

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 $295	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 $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