Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.8% 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	91.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120223
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 20:51
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 199 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 379 51% 383 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372C) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 1814 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 28.2 Parallax 34.7 34% 34.9 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 36.7 Splatting 35.5 30% 37 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 119 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 20 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 798689789	91.4% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 386 Mixed 404 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 35.6 131% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 21.1 55% 117 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 124%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 931GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 167 163 6616 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5611 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1126 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 115 115 255033 (C2) HDA temperature 119 93 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 1 57 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 187 37	62.6% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 89.2 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.25 77% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 63%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 135GB free Firmware: JP2OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 85 85 9961550 (02) Throughput performance 126 126 131 (03) Spinup time 121 121 12897353918 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11322 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 2014 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35684 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3118 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11970 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11970 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 201863725089 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 2281 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	69.5% Good	Read 123 Write 120 Mixed 110 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.19 43% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 74%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 21GB free Firmware: V56OA7EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 106 106 38685311451 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 30 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 39912 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 428 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 13026 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 13026 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 249108824099 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 30 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	37% Below average	Read 67.9 Write 60.7 Mixed 58.9 47% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.33 96% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.3% Below average	MC Read 10 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.63 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 97%

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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%

Surfboard

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 $194Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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