Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110513
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '19 at 09:23
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 177 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 454 48% 381 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 107 Parallax 89.3 81% 98.7 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 96 Splatting 96.1 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 285 248 240 271 170 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 256 Write 342 Mixed 272 SusWrite 256 64% 281 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 29.2 96% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 73.5 DQ Mixed 44.2 36% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 523GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 79 83 84 82 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 40.2 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 81.9 43% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 128 142 144 144 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 81.8 Write 118 Mixed 55 SusWrite 134 71% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.5 197% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 61%

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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 39%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

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 $194Bench 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 $273	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 $177	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) $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