Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '20 at 13:02
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 519 56% 445 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 207 Parallax 209 134% 194 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 185 Splatting 133 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 233GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 243 241 245 245 244 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	79.9% Very good	Read 258 Write 198 Mixed 217 SusWrite 244 52% 229 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 42.1 148% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 43.2 75% 146 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 128%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 277 280 246 212 239 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 462 Write 267 Mixed 231 SusWrite 256 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 24 92% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 20.7 58% 130 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 86%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 146GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 58.3 Write 57.6 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 37.7 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 50%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 216 218 218 220 219 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 115%

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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 $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x
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 $45Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	15x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	148x
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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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