Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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 Drive	45.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110506
Uptime	9.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 13:26
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 6.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 589 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 194 Parallax 168 138% 177 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 165 Splatting 117 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 28709233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 38929583596686 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1690 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 192 (B1) Unknown 0 0 19 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 28709233 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 28709233 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 28709233 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 65759 (EA) Unknown 0 0 63439 (F1) Unknown 0 0 63439 (F2) Unknown 0 0 30490	45.3% Average	Read 194 Write 163 Mixed 149 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 15.3 70% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 32.9 57% 111 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 67%
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 27GB free Firmware: RG20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12081 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 542 (AA) Unknown 98 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 26 100 55837196314 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 219 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 105588 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 66 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 98 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 105588 (F2) Unknown 100 100 216143 (F9) Unknown 100 100 21721	76.9% Very good	Read 517 Write 246 Mixed 308 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 23.2 98% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 65.5 102% 194 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 95%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 47GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 236 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9247 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4594 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29422 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2281 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 88 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 47 227633987609 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 418 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4623	61.6% Good	Read 100 Write 114 Mixed 107 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.44 118% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 75%

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 (91^st percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 18 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 - $110

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	102x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	75x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	51x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	19x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	109x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	70x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	57x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $573

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 $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 $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