Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	9.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '20 at 07:03
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 222 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 428 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 109 Parallax 93 81% 101 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 96.7 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 520ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 225 215 214 216 215 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 403 Write 286 Mixed 301 SusWrite 221 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 23.1 79% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 79.3 DQ Mixed 20.4 46% 98.6 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 165 169 170 169 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 147 Mixed 78 SusWrite 168 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 673GB free Firmware: 1AA01108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 96 100 99 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 65.2 Mixed 55 SusWrite 99.1 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.3 224% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 62%
ASMT 2105 3TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 444GB free, PID 1053 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 157 159 159 161 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 152 Write 159 Mixed 32 SusWrite 159 166% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 99% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 64%

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 (98^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 65%

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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 $187Bench 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	150x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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