Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110726
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '16 at 19:33
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 63.2 2-Core 175 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 357 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.3347 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.74% Terrible	Lighting 1.87 Reflection 2.88 Parallax 1.41 2% 2.05 fps	MRender 2.76 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.7 2% 2.53 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.74% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13107 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 297 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 151 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4064 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 66 146028888091 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9886715588 (F7) Unknown 100 100 330789370 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2103779368	55.3% Above average	Read 286 Write 266 Mixed 233 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 15.7 84% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 16.7 27% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 371GB free Firmware: CC4C 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 117 99 128174552 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2402 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 12988677932 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2217 (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 72 64 470941724 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25243 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 68719476764 (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 -35003983446598 (F1) Unknown 100 253 351046714385 (F2) Unknown 100 253 310140040074	71.6% Very good	Read 130 Write 120 Mixed 89.4 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 112%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 49GB free, PID fa0a Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 74.1 Write 27.6 Mixed 29.7 47% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.92 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.72 73% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 38%
hp v100w 4GB 248 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 3207, HP 100 $GB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Read 19.7 Write 11.3 Mixed 4.19 13% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 39% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.6% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 10 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 10.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 57%

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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%

Battleship

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 $192Bench 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 $269	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