Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.6% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '17 at 19:16
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 183 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 358 47% 355 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.89% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 3.19 Parallax 1.38 2% 2.21 fps	MRender 3.1 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.83 2% 2.68 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.89% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Goodram C100 120GB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM08.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1582 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 710 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AA) Unknown 100 100 154 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4128845 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3799	48.6% Average	Read 204 Write 312 Mixed 183 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 9.33 65% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 89.8 DQ Mixed 10.7 22% 41.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 79%
Sandisk SC032G 32GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 18GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4428 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1667 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 538 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1793 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1844 (F1) Unknown 100 100 425807729 (F2) Unknown 100 100 268073979	25.7% Poor	Read 344 Write 72.7 Mixed 98.9 37% 172 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 2.77 27% 7.58 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 41%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32784840 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1070 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38872969 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1099 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 46 655556647 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26210 (C2) HDA temperature 39 54 73014444071 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -44530220923240 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16013548073 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41751764375	94.2% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 166 Mixed 97 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 113%

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 (83^rd percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 65%

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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%

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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	114x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	54x
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	148x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	143x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

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 $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