Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120223
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 23:26
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 5.8 GHz, turbo 7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 210 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 415 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29% Poor	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 47.3 31% 37.4 fps	MRender 26.2 Gravity 35.1 Splatting 32.3 26% 31.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 90GB-$242 1,943 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 27989825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -21766894250223 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1710 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 26 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 27989825 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 27989825 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 27989825 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3723 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3736 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3736 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6166	33.5% Below average	Read 157 Write 83.2 Mixed 98.7 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 8.89 69% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 18 DQ Write 84.8 DQ Mixed 7.78 19% 36.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 56%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 160 6691 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2038 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8441 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1655 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 102454 (C2) HDA temperature 95 93 55 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.8% Good	Read 110 Write 112 Mixed 103 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 67%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 465GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 250 8716 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1414 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7057 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1400 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1320 (C2) HDA temperature 93 91 59 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 93.4 Mixed 66.9 63% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.37 128% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.5 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 61%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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