Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.7% 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	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '17 at 17:12
Run Duration	361 Seconds
Run User	BHR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 5.8 GHz, turbo 7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 414 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.7% Below average	Lighting 40.6 Reflection 64 Parallax 56.8 33% 53.8 fps	MRender 66.1 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 53.6 44% 53.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 65 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 233020566	51.4% Above average	Read 267 Write 184 Mixed 206 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 23.8 73% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 69 72% 119 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 124%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB-$60 4,076 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: PA03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 63 19223936 (03) Spinup time 92 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11798779 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 282 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 462 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 538574880 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 471 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 108 99 19223936 (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 -12399570583249 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1847771768 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1932861866	67.9% Good	Read 118 Write 119 Mixed 107 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.67 148% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 86%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 698GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 94.2 Write 89.7 Mixed 79 111% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.23 67% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 43%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 2GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	2.8% Terrible	Read 7.46 Write 4.17 Mixed 5.47 7% 5.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.28 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 13% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.8% Great: 7%

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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 39%

Jet ski

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 $80Bench 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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Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16