Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.3% 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	26.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110726
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 13:27
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 90.5 2-Core 166 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 434 46% 367 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.3% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 36.5 Parallax 36 32% 37.4 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 34 29% 36 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 60GB 1,468 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 12GB free Firmware: 2.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3782956 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17128329597607 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1251 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 196 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 57 34363473952 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3782956 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2240 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2560 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2560 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10304	38.7% Below average	Read 190 Write 67.5 Mixed 94.2 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 14.9 79% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 65.3 DQ Mixed 24.3 34% 64.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 51%
Super Talent UltraDrive ME 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2030 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 196 64 0 (0C) Power cycle count 86 3 0 (B8) Unknown 23 0 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 0 0 (C4) Reallocation count 1 0 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 0 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 172 137 210652 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 89 116 1047839 (C8) Write error rate 26 85 3759 (C9) Soft read error rate 186 194 6691 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 108 148 1761 (CB) Run out cancel 134 68 1282 (CC) Soft ECC correction 0 0 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 136 19 0 (CE) Flying height 2 6 0 (CF) Spin high current 64 71 0 (D0) Spin buzz 75 69 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 99 0 0 (D3) Unknown 0 0 0 (D4) Unknown 0 0 0 (D5) Unknown 0 0 0	26.3% Poor	Read 173 Write 110 Mixed 119 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 7.69 4K Mixed 5.14 45% 11.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 131GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116404649 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2079 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 326046332 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34976 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 967 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 49 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 44 9195487267 (C2) HDA temperature 35 56 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 21 116404649 (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 29742648562660 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4037334721 (F2) Unknown 100 253 653285483	50.8% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 83.1 Mixed 82.1 65% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.44 100% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.6 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	180x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	116x
Core i7-2600Intel $177Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	100x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	56x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	15x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	151x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	146x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16