Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.3% 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	88.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	18.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '20 at 20:38
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 180 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 453 49% 391 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 8732) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 110 Parallax 109 88% 109 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 90.5 Splatting 79.7 76% 95.4 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 359 392 406 408 415 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 483 Write 288 Mixed 405 SusWrite 382 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 37.3 108% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 289 206% 264 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 125%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 18GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 151 158 170 170 134 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.3% Average	Read 255 Write 176 Mixed 180 SusWrite 156 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 14.1 76% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 29.4 47% 89.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 150 170 154 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 138 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 163 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 72%

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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%

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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 $194Bench 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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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