Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110726
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '21 at 14:06
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 91.7 2-Core 182 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 352 45% 342 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 85% 106 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 99.6 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 549GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 262 335 340 325 322 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 368 Write 337 Mixed 258 SusWrite 307 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 32 109% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 43.6 42% 62.8 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 109GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42% Average	Read 89.3 Write 84.9 Mixed 52.6 SusWrite 56.2 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 109%
WD WD7500AACS-00D6B0 750GB 4,630 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 53GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 55.3 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 56.2 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 46%
WD Game Drive 5TB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free, PID 262f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 27.2 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 28.3 38% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 66%

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)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 65%

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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 $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 $295	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