Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.1% 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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 02:43
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 188 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 472 48% 390 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1584) 3GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Lighting 27.6 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 31.1 22% 33.8 fps	MRender 42.8 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 32.3 26% 32.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LAT-128M2S 128GB 477 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: PMD9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 182 192 189 191 174 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.1% Average	Read 253 Write 189 Mixed 181 SusWrite 176 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 16.3 57% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 16.5 DQ Write 46.8 DQ Mixed 20.6 19% 28 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 52%
Seagate ST640LM000 HM641JI 640GB 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 580GB free Firmware: 2AJ10003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 91 90 92 92 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 86.7 Write 42.4 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 89.8 50% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 4x2GB 1,060 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 53%

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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 35%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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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 $197Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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