Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	44.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 14:15
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz, turbo 6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 469 62% 468 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 120GB-$80 7,190 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 39GB free Firmware: M2CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^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 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B4) Unknown 100 100 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 164007360 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1377839 (F8) Unknown 100 100 847567	85.7% Excellent	Read 520 Write 360 Mixed 412 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 30.5 108% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 57.3 87% 160 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 115%
OCZ OCTANE 128GB 321 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 9 0 9 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 712 (E8) Unknown 100 100 160 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	44.9% Average	Read 402 Write 188 Mixed 257 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 9.31 53% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 18.6 DQ Write 65.9 DQ Mixed 8.86 16% 31.1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 60%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 182GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9680 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3063 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 61165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 787 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 3 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 488439837 (C2) HDA temperature 70 47 505217054 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 42877 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	53% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 87.7 Mixed 96.2 71% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.37 89% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 62%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 245GB free, PID 103e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	28% Poor	Read 68.8 Write 65.5 Mixed 62.5 84% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.33 53% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10.4 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10.2 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 52%

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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 $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	99x

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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	15x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	149x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	144x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16