Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130313
Uptime	28.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '18 at 01:25
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

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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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 382 52% 384 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 74.8 Parallax 65.3 61% 71.8 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 70 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 63 78 68 72 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 130 Write 129 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 72.2 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3.5TB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 188 194 192 195 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 172 Write 147 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 192 197% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G3D1869DT1TX0. 859B BLT4G3D1869DT1TX0. Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 52%

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	180x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	114x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	54x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	41x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	34x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	15x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	148x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	143x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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