Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.6% 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	53.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 12:26
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 178 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 369 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 319 20% 319 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 3625) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.6% Poor	Lighting 24 Reflection 23 Parallax 29.9 20% 25.6 fps	MRender 31.7 Gravity 28.4 Splatting 24 22% 28 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1206A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 126 127 129 129 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 383 Write 322 Mixed 308 SusWrite 124 64% 284 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 18.7 92% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 21.2 31% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 915GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 102 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 92 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 101 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 128 128 130 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 125 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 70%

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 (87^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.9% 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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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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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