Gigabyte GA-Z68M-D2H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.3% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68M-D2H (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110707
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '18 at 05:57
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 190 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 374 49% 369 Pts	64-Core 319 20% 319 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Lighting 49 Reflection 45.8 Parallax 40.7 40% 45.2 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 37 32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 36%
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.22% Terrible	Lighting 2.47 Reflection 3.81 Parallax 1.56 2% 2.61 fps	MRender 3.71 Gravity 1.3 Splatting 4.22 3% 3.08 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.22% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 804GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 85 59 86 83 87 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 77.4 69% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 169 172 173 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 133 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 171 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 113%
SV SAFE 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 262GB free, PID 020a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 28.2 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 28.8 39% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 65%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68M-D2H

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	26x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	21x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	14x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	8x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	8x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
128GB 128GBNetacBench 58%, 1,666 samples	5x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	28x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	28x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	17x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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