Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.29% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110726
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	May 03 '24 at 06:23
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$188 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 94.9 2-Core 185 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 453 49% 389 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 3505) 1GB CLim: 730 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.29% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 5.9 Parallax 1.9 3% 3.87 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 4.6 Splatting 3.4 4% 4.63 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.29% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 227GB free (System drive) Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 54 41 66 69 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 76.3 Write 70.8 Mixed 47.1 SusWrite 59.4 47% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 327GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 82 83 81 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 97 Write 97 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 81.1 110% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 43%

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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	47.2% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.8 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.2% 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	150	121	60	27.2"	1280 720	GSM5A1C 27MP55

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 18%

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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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	15x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	151x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16