Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.6% 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	66.7% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '21 at 23:42
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 5.9 GHz, turbo 8.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 636 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 119 Parallax 106 85% 110 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 164 158 162 163 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 359 Write 197 Mixed 229 SusWrite 153 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 33.5 112% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 176 133% 178 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 87%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 111GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 83 86 86 87 85 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 88.5 Write 98.7 Mixed 51.9 SusWrite 83.7 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 91%

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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 22%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	180x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	115x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	15x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	148x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	144x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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