Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.7% 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	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110623
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 09:17
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2310-$90 15,623 User benchmarks, average bench 65% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 87.8 2-Core 176 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 332 45% 335 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.05% Terrible	Lighting 1.1 Reflection 1.46 Parallax 1 1% 1.19 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 2.04 1% 1.58 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.05% Great: 1%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 103 88% 109 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 101 Splatting 82.9 75% 92.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (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 16038 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1135 (E8) Unknown 100 100 34593575963 (E9) Unknown 95 0 95	66.9% Good	Read 363 Write 369 Mixed 359 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 15.9 94% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 84.2 DQ Mixed 15 23% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38380024 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 321 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 99479 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 62 639041570 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1424 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 77309411362 (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 -122114510159807 (F1) Unknown 100 253 125899546 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17132284	110% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 189 Mixed 182 142% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
Toshiba MK2555GSX 250GB-$77 5,017 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 25GB free Firmware: FG002C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1009 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1533 (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 89 89 4629 (0A) Spinup retry count 130 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1220 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 36 605618211 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 246 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4390979 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 98078 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	25.8% Poor	Read 50.5 Write 39.2 Mixed 54.1 36% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.16 50% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	41.3% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 50%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 - $110

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	102x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	75x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	51x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	19x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	109x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	70x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	57x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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