Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.29% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (59%). 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	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '19 at 10:52
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 189 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 351 48% 355 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 21E2) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.29% Terrible	Lighting 1.5 Reflection 2.15 Parallax 1.78 1% 1.81 fps	MRender 2.05 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 2.13 1% 1.69 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.29% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 33 66 67 70 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 74.5 Write 70.7 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 58.4 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 418GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 115 116 116 116 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 125 Write 119 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 116 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 44%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	115x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x
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	144x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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