Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.9% 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	67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130313
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 07:37
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (47^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 91.3 2-Core 177 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 328 44% 331 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.9% Below average	Lighting 42.8 Reflection 41.2 Parallax 35.6 35% 39.9 fps	MRender 34 Gravity 37.5 Splatting 35 29% 35.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 223 237 240 243 242 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67.5% Good	Read 248 Write 239 Mixed 226 SusWrite 221 53% 233 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 34.7 112% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 196 149% 200 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 119%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 930GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 131 133 133 132 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 129 Write 126 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 128 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 245GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 115 117 117 118 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 89.5 Mixed 31 SusWrite 116 67% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 112%
hp v255w 16GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 10GB free, PID b107 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 2.9 2.9 3.4 2.9 3.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	4.67% Terrible	Read 18.3 Write 10 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 3.2 11% 9.75 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.67% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 4x8GB 1,249 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.7% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

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	115x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 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 $80Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16