Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	14.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '23 at 18:39
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 171 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 426 44% 353 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 45.7 Reflection 47 Parallax 41.9 37% 44.9 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 37 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD3200AZDX-00SC2B0 320GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 56 61 56 65 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 6.5 Write 59.5 Mixed 32.9 SusWrite 61.4 30% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 64%
Fujitsu MHW2120BH 120GB-$32 1,252 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 112GB free Firmware: 8918 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 38 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 53.2 Write 35.2 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 38.9 29% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 33%

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 (88^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	56	60	26"	1280 720	XXX0000 AAA

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $188Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	100x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	56x
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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	15x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	150x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	145x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

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 $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16