Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	85% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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	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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '19 at 04:25
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 way below expectations (11^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 49.1 2-Core 88.6 46% 70.5 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 241 29% 222 Pts	64-Core 273 17% 273 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.6 86% 105 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 100 Splatting 105 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 852GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 12 9.5 7.1 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	6.11% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 12.2 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 10.8 8% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 6.11% Great: 62%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 164 163 143 164 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 123 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 159 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 159 158 141 157 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 154 Write 133 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 156 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 19 17 24 21 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9.26% Terrible	Read 11.9 Write 14.5 Mixed 12.3 SusWrite 20.2 11% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 53% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 9.26% Great: 96%
WDC WD80 EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 6TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 22 21 21 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 32 Write 36.3 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 21.5 50% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 18% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 78%
WDC WD80 EZAZ-11TDBA0 8TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 3TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 22 19 21 21 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	9.12% Terrible	Read 23 Write 13.3 Mixed 14.8 SusWrite 23.5 24% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 14% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.12% Great: 62%
WDC WD80 EZAZ-11TDBA0 8TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 3.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.1 0 0.2 1 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.86% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 20.5 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 0.3 17% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 14% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 3.86% Great: 62%
WDC WD80 EMZZ-00TBGA0 8TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.1 0 0.2 1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11.7% Very poor	Read 66.7 Write 64.2 Mixed 47.1 SusWrite 0.3 56% 44.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 6.5 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 92.8 43% 92.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 97%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 30%

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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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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