Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3 (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '17 at 12:11
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.7 GHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 187 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 468 48% 389 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% 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: 388.59 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 194 Parallax 183 115% 173 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 168 Splatting 121 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^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 2037 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 326 (64) Unknown 100 100 1511136 (65) Unknown 100 100 141824 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 445 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1360 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 167505297442 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2632 (EA) Unknown 100 100 563 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1785 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1131 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	59.1% Above average	Read 453 Write 247 Mixed 137 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 10.3 65% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 26.9 56% 118 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 88%
OCZ SOLID3 60GB 1,153 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 56GB free Firmware: 2.11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^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 73 73 105724914982497 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3180 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 150 (B1) Unknown 0 0 31 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (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 82 82 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38056 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34174 (F1) Unknown 0 0 34174 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17535	39.6% Below average	Read 200 Write 75.9 Mixed 109 28% 128 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 15.4 80% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 79.9 DQ Write 75.2 DQ Mixed 22.2 32% 59.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 50%
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 22GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3368 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 784 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 100 21477785633 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 186397 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 67 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 186397 (F2) Unknown 100 100 380097 (F9) Unknown 100 100 40669	47.2% Average	Read 264 Write 152 Mixed 171 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 20.3 71% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 48.1 56% 98 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 431GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10088873 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4994 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8713483881 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2910 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BC) Unknown 100 99 786444 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 521666590 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 18 10088873 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 5488968228932 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1484691056 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1556227946	61.5% Good	Read 105 Write 109 Mixed 72.2 71% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.61 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	48.7% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 16.5 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 72%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	69x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	51x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	11x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	11x

SSD
GOODRAM 240GBBench 79%, 8,481 samples	11x
CS900 1TB SSDPNYBench 78%, 7,281 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	66x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	45x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	18x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $446

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16