Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '20 at 01:22
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 88.6 2-Core 176 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 433 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1571) 1.2GB CLim: 732 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	21% Poor	Lighting 24.8 Reflection 37.8 Parallax 28 20% 30.2 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 20.3 Splatting 25.5 23% 28.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata S511 60GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 56GB free Firmware: 3.3.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 73 74 74 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 326 Write 78.5 Mixed 123 SusWrite 74.3 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 34.8 128% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.2 DQ Write 75.6 DQ Mixed 41.5 36% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 68%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MN6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 43 44 47 46 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 36.3 Write 86.3 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 48.6 36% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 34% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 85%
SMI USB DISK 8GB 3,022 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.8 6.8 7.2 7.3 6.8 7.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	2.9% Terrible	Read 6.2 Write 3.8 Mixed 5 SusWrite 7 7% 5.5 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.9% Great: 10%

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 above expectations (65^th percentile)	46.1% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 15.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.1% 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%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 - $110

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	104x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	75x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	51x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	110x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	70x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16