Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive47.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20111012
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 31 '22 at 03:59
Run Duration161 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319
Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
74.3% Very good
Memory 89.4
1-Core 90.3
2-Core 185
71% 121 Pts
4-Core 322
8-Core 456
49% 389 Pts
64-Core 453
28% 453 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
EVGA(3842 6796) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.59
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 172
Reflection 185
Parallax 178
140% 178 fps
MRender 131
Gravity 176
Splatting 124
116% 144 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300
138GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.0.7a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 153 160 160 157 156 MB/s
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
47.5% Average
Read 186
Write 191
Mixed 177
SusWrite 152
40% 176 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 40.7
4K Mixed 26.9
91% 30.2 MB/s
DQ Read 28.2
DQ Write 79
DQ Mixed 34.6
32% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 47.5%
Great: 89%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42
19GB free
Firmware: 2.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 120 126 132 125 132 MB/s
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
47.7% Average
Read 192
Write 151
Mixed 160
SusWrite 126
35% 157 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 45.1
4K Mixed 27
95% 32.2 MB/s
DQ Read 31.6
DQ Write 93.2
DQ Mixed 37.3
36% 54 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 47.7%
Great: 82%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42
25GB free
Firmware: 2.11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 27 30 30 31 33 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 82%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
48.7% Average
MC Read 16.6
MC Write 17.1
MC Mixed 15.2
47% 16.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 16.9
SC Mixed 16
45% 15.8 GB/s
Latency 68
59% 68 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 48.7%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 Builds (Compare 700 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $333
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