Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.93% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120223
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '19 at 05:57
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-2600-$202 95,162 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61.6% Good	1-Core 89.9 2-Core 192 65% 141 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 460 53% 402 Pts	64-Core 476 32% 476 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.93% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 1.2 Parallax 3.7 1% 2.93 fps	MRender 4.4 Gravity 2.8 Splatting 5.5 1% 4.23 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.93% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 25 57 56 59 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 96.9 Write 86.7 Mixed 91 SusWrite 52.6 61% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 2.2 393% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 50%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$65 163,270 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 850GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 57 54 53 56 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 96 Write 88.4 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 55.5 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 20,117 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	41.9% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 7.7 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 115%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Typical GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 Builds (Compare 2,279 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 63%

Destroyer

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 65%, 108,850 samples	751x
Core i7-2600KIntel $448Bench 63%, 85,004 samples	418x
Core i7-2600Intel $202Bench 58%, 95,162 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $242Bench 57%, 746,202 samples	142x
GTX 970Nvidia $428Bench 52%, 518,594 samples	129x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 32%, 442,720 samples	107x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $75Bench 106%, 546,937 samples	110x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $89Bench 113%, 450,220 samples	79x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $74Bench 54%, 217,593 samples	41x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 247,320 samples	666x
4x4GBUnknownBench 46%, 62,755 samples	400x
2x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 108,931 samples	210x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $563

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $205	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $375	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $249

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14