Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3 (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '17 at 15:22
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-2600-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 184 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 472 54% 420 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E177) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 11% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 120GB 699 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 651 Write 207 Mixed 303 84% 387 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 6.86 84% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 7.19 19% 37.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68618128 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 217 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 50 128857959912 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 38655295498 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 41 2835200147486 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1327 (C2) HDA temperature 30 59 64424509470 (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 -2310692404260 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8627761371 (F2) Unknown 100 253 145308303080	84.4% Excellent	Read 135 Write 159 Mixed 137 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.3 91% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 114%
Dell VIRTUAL DISK 438GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 368GB free Firmware: 1028 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	108% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 184 Mixed 154 132% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.36 4K Write 6.61 4K Mixed 0.76 263% 2.91 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

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 @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 53%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	69x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	51x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	11x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	11x

SSD
GOODRAM 240GBBench 79%, 8,481 samples	11x
CS900 1TB SSDPNYBench 78%, 7,281 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	66x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	45x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	18x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $446

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16