Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.3% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110726
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '20 at 06:48
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 94.8 2-Core 180 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 419 46% 361 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8576) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.54 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Lighting 4.8 Reflection 4.35 Parallax 4.38 4% 4.51 fps	MRender 4.62 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 134 125 101 86 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 400 Write 217 Mixed 158 SusWrite 118 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 25.6 91% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 41.2 38% 56.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 93%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 857GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 123 123 122 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 121 Write 116 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 122 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 74%

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 above expectations (71^st percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 15.3 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 65%

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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%

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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 $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	56x
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	149x
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 $269	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 $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