Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120223
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 12:15
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 614 68% 537 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 79 81 78 77 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 107 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 73 64% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 65%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 189GB free Firmware: GG2OACA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 78 84 86 85 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 71.3 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 83.6 52% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 352GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 79 82 79 77 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 74.2 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 88%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 221GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 78 84 86 85 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 115 Write 107 Mixed 67 SusWrite 83.6 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% null MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.5 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 45%

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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	115x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 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 $51Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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