Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 23:52
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 193 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 373 42% 328 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 64.1 54% 66.8 fps	MRender 75.4 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 60.3 54% 66.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4871 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 702 (B1) Unknown 98 98 118 (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 60 48 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44207091132	94.1% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 477 Mixed 494 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 25.3 138% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.9 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 25.1 33% 58 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 48 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 529496015 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2828 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 315 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 64 45 605290532 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2962 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 15 3 48 (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 -39432094721711 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3652309612 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2607271835	68% Good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 337GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 88 54779504 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2686 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 2056 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 98983548889 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19092 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2225 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 115 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3343 (BC) Unknown 100 88 317832429643 (BD) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 605224996 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61665 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 51539607588 (C5) Current pending sector count 96 77 712 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 96 77 712 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -51685636428524 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34769080192 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32653376023	110% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 169 Mixed 142 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.31 83% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 88GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150513715 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 4302044982 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23008 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3264 (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 63 49 622067749 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 64424509477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 9 150513715 (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 127925600943646 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2911333410 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1932179086	50.5% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 86.2 Mixed 80.7 64% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 72%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 30%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 - $110

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	102x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	75x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	51x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	19x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	109x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	70x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	57x

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Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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