Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 13:47
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 87.3 2-Core 212 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 411 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873A) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69% Good	Lighting 92.4 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 82.7 75% 63 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 13.4 Splatting 75.3 57% 69.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 290GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 291 312 296 304 302 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 476 Mixed 466 SusWrite 305 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 57.7 193% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 355 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 157GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 385 454 465 369 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 469 Mixed 390 SusWrite 376 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.9 196% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 330 255% 350 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 426GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 129 128 129 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 82.4 Write 90 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 128 64% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 89%

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 (95^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 65%

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

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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