Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.6% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '19 at 12:16
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 96.6 1-Core 87.3 2-Core 164 71% 116 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 471 49% 396 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 190 Parallax 198 119% 178 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 182 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax TA1D0240A 240GB 2,348 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM11.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 151 125 55 81 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 450 Write 287 Mixed 312 SusWrite 92.5 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 15.7 75% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 199 168% 242 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 89%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 106GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 115 116 112 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 48 Write 38.2 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 115 41% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 166GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 77.8 Write 69.8 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 73.5 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 76%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 380GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 89 90 90 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 88.9 70% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 21.3 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 65%

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

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 $187Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16