Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.53% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	159% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '21 at 21:54
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 241 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 441 52% 400 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% EVGA(3842 2645) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	6.53% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 8.6 Parallax 9.3 6% 8.47 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 8.6 7% 8.97 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.53% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 235 233 224 198 236 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,186 Write 1,025 Mixed 937 SusWrite 254 190% 850 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 63.8 242% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 590 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 455 346% 473 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 271%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 461GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 207 207 160 120 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 359 Write 305 Mixed 334 SusWrite 180 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 19.9 96% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 247 200% 287 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 237%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 817GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 49 46 37 50 52 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 184%
Generic- SD/MMC 32GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 25GB free, PID 9106 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 17 17 2.4 15 17 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 19 Write 17.5 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 14.1 23% 17.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 3.5 236% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 4x4GB 1,090 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.5 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 21 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	24"	1280 720	ONN0101 100002487

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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 $192Bench 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