Gigabyte GA-Z68M-D2H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68M-D2H (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110720
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '21 at 14:08
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 216 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 546 56% 455 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.9% Very good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 125 Parallax 72.8 74% 96.1 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 83.6 74% 91.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 625GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 98 97 98 98 100 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 121 Write 100 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 96.2 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 84%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 102 95 106 114 108 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 102 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 83%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 529GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 9.1 9.1 8.6 8.5 8.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	5.95% Terrible	Read 15.9 Write 15.1 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 8.8 19% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 40% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.95% Great: 55%
USB 3.0 LucidPort USB300 2TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 683GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 9 9.1 8.5 8.5 9.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 15.5 Write 15.4 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 8.9 18% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 57%
ST350062 0AS 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 367GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 9 9.1 8.6 8.5 8.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	5.17% Terrible	Read 15.7 Write 4.2 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 8.4 11% 8.88 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 19% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.17% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 97%

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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 5%

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Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68M-D2H

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	26x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	21x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	14x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	8x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	8x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
128GB 128GBNetacBench 58%, 1,666 samples	5x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	28x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	28x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	17x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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