Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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 @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 12:07
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 87 2-Core 179 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 340 46% 340 Pts	64-Core 341 21% 341 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.8% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 111 Parallax 91.9 82% 101 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 96 76% 92.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14985 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 324 (B1) Unknown 97 97 43 (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 68 51 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 64 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48792129398
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5TB free Firmware: D781 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 27.5 Mixed 25.3 21% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.31 4K Write 3.52 4K Mixed 0.48 256% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 92%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 3TB 1,220 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 370 Write 154 Mixed 151 167% 225 MB/s	4K Read 3.64 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.23 224% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 307%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 31117272 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 143 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 269254 (09) Power-on hours count 98 96 2133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 40 69191008284 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 538 (C2) HDA temperature 28 60 60129542172 (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 -70690866724744 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13940811800 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21953529350	100% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 184 Mixed 182 134% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.4 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 570GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 100 28771336 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 84 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 12943875513 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032843 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3793 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 90194313246 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 110 100 28771336 (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 -82978768158112 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55567946433 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34610414908	38.3% Below average	Read 66 Write 67.5 Mixed 52.3 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.17 40% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 90%

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 (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14.1 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.1% 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%

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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	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 $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