Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '20 at 20:09
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 5.9 GHz, turbo 7.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 445 60% 445 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 115 86% 112 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 88 75% 92.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 104 5.6 4.6 320 5.6 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 471 Write 380 Mixed 375 SusWrite 123 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 19.8 92% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 35.2 68% 140 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 92%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 249GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 80 78 81 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 101 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 79.3 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 58%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 465GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 80 78 80 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 80.2 Write 79.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 78.1 53% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 4,489 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 15 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 79%

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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%

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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 $76Bench 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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16