Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.02% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20110726
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 02:41
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	81%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2100-$49 63,701 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 81.2 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 115 55% 87.9 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 193 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 193 12% 193 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.02% Terrible	Lighting 1.1 Reflection 1.42 Parallax 0.97 1% 1.16 fps	MRender 1.67 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 2 1% 1.48 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.02% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 74 13640386 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30571577213762 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 473 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 41 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (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 13640386 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13640386 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13640386 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1062 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1645 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1645 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1258	49.3% Average	Read 326 Write 78.5 Mixed 119 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 13 102% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 78 DQ Mixed 11.6 21% 40.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 70%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 178 173 6083 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5243 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4498 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23734 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 32 (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	81.2% Excellent	Read 144 Write 139 Mixed 86.4 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.19 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 167 6175 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4578 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1919 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4579 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (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 28060 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.2% Average	Read 78 Write 82.4 Mixed 31.4 47% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.37 115% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% null MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.33 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7.8 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 51%

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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	114x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	54x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	15x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	148x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	143x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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