Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.7% 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	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 23:14
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 185 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 341 46% 340 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 113 Parallax 107 97% 113 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 82.9 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 89 92 89 85 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 159 Write 110 Mixed 108 SusWrite 89.5 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 26.5 94% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 75.8 70% 108 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 61%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 185GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 163 161 162 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 70.3 Write 69.8 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 162 60% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.1 382% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 62GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 85 84 85 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 80.7 Write 57.3 Mixed 42.9 SusWrite 83.8 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 147% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 65%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 74%

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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 $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