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 as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120223
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 10:43
Run Duration	96 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$191 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 207 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 516 55% 437 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 74%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9619201 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 124854699304076 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2351 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 516 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 58 38658506781 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9619201 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9619201 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9619201 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13099 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7948 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7948 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9432	51.7% Above average	Read 289 Write 157 Mixed 160 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 15.7 93% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 15.2 29% 55.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 543GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165759145 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14997 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 312179006 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7202 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 69 25770198010 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 64 45 605421604 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 24 165759145 (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 130652905175692 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1506961716 (F2) Unknown 100 253 413272556	46.6% Average	Read 82.4 Write 79.7 Mixed 29.1 47% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.46 106% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 10.7 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 11.4 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 50%

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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	98x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x
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	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 $45	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