Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.3% 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	77.3% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '19 at 22:40
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 179 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 361 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% XFX(1682 C570) CLim: 1286 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.5.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.3% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 78.8 0% 48.2 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 60.8 Splatting 53.6 48% 59.4 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 198 187 187 186 190 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 404 Write 298 Mixed 206 SusWrite 193 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 34.3 110% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 240 205% 303 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 101%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 905GB free Firmware: CC62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 194 208 207 194 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 147 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 194 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.7 451% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 171 173 173 172 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 161 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 172 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 109%

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)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.3 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.8% 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 39%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 30%

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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 $196Bench 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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $261	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