Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.7% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 18:59
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (51^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 197 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 391 52% 389 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.9% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 3.23 Parallax 1.41 2% 2.23 fps	MRender 3.14 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.87 2% 2.72 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.9% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Goodram C100 120GB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM08.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 204 Write 308 Mixed 190 53% 234 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 8.81 60% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 90.1 DQ Mixed 10.7 22% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 79%
Sandisk SC032G 32GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 18GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5283 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2081 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 552 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1840 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1873 (F1) Unknown 100 100 507372793 (F2) Unknown 100 100 76921131	27.2% Poor	Read 338 Write 109 Mixed 68.7 37% 172 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 7.97 4K Mixed 2.96 25% 7.35 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 41%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 157 Mixed 117 107% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.16 79% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 113%

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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 65%

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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	115x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	100x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	56x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	15x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	150x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	145x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16