Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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.
Graphics	5.81% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	87.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '14 at 10:03
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	21%

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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 94 2-Core 187 64% 140 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 343 45% 336 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 44% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(107D 2ABE) 512MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.17.13.142 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.81% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 7.96 Parallax 2.66 6% 6.13 fps	MRender 6.86 Gravity 5.87 Splatting 5.17 5% 5.97 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.81% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-128M2P 128GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.09 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20706 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (B1) Unknown 100 100 372672 (B2) Unknown 100 100 5 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 14 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0	87.1% Excellent	Read 496 Write 309 Mixed 370 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 31.2 119% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 78.2 111% 206 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 86%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 619GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5816 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1735 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 657412 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.1% Below average	Read 60.4 Write 72.1 Mixed 73.3 52% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.32 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 55%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 Max USB 3.0 64GB-$18 63 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 60GB free, PID 0247 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	32% Below average	Read 161 Write 34 Mixed 28.2 69% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.21 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 20% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 52%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 74%

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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 $194Bench 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 $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

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PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)