Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.4% 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	110% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 00:34
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 440 59% 439 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 109 Parallax 99.2 92% 107 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 101 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6 Pro 256GB-$110 927 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^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 1730 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3477 (AA) Unknown 100 100 15 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 239 (AE) Unknown 100 100 762 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 245318 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 15 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1440 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 95 95 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 15 (BC) Unknown 100 100 208 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 28435 (F1) Unknown 100 100 454960 (F2) Unknown 100 100 539528	110% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 464 Mixed 458 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 35 148% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 393 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 112 147% 268 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 56GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 -8452495617216 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3059 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 864 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 30 128850985088 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5710 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6100 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6100 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9086	41.9% Average	Read 198 Write 69.2 Mixed 102 27% 123 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 15.4 89% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 98.9 DQ Write 64.5 DQ Mixed 27.3 35% 63.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 52%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 528GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 210 171 4491 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9453 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5291 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 747 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 333146 (C2) HDA temperature 110 110 40 (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	61.9% Good	Read 111 Write 105 Mixed 104 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$23 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 425GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 177 2050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 14 (C2) HDA temperature 103 103 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	86.5% Excellent	Read 158 Write 144 Mixed 140 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.37 147% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 109%

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 (95^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 19.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	103x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	75x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 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 $139Bench 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	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16