Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110513
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 14:11
Run Duration	365 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 88.9 2-Core 180 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 354 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 04B3) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.96% Terrible	Lighting 1.17 Reflection 1.46 Parallax 1.44 1% 1.36 fps	MRender 1.43 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.26 1% 1.17 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.96% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 24033068 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -73031623887234 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2122 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 253 (B1) Unknown 0 0 93 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 42 51542360095 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 51542360095 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24033068 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24033068 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24033068 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28969 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22346 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22346 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15762	50.2% Above average	Read 262 Write 159 Mixed 185 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 15.9 77% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 56.1 70% 124 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 832GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 64 5104945 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2400 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43273294 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -8989366545895 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 421 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 588513315 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1635 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18782 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 64424509475 (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 -89245125442773 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16261029701 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10546800561	62.7% Good	Read 112 Write 107 Mixed 118 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.27 89% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 27GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132228008 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8674 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12157021 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1977 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164165 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 9195225124 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 247 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 86625 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 -140737488355292 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 17605070948539 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6664792251 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12501052571	52.9% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 89.7 Mixed 94.8 70% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 112%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 883GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 103 Write 94.4 Mixed 84.3 118% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.25 73% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 105%
Generic- SD/MMC 64GB 716 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 19GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 37.3 Write 35.8 Mixed 36.5 47% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.42 4K Write 3.09 4K Mixed 1.79 190% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 23%

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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 15.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 65%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

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	114x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	54x
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	143x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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