Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.99% 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. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months 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 (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$201 149,549 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 192 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 460 53% 402 Pts	64-Core 476 32% 476 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 78%

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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	0.99% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 0.46 Parallax 1.16 1% 0.97 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 0.93 Splatting 2.39 1% 1.81 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.99% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 25 57 56 59 64 MB/s Relative performance (0^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: 76% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$48 196,953 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 (15^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: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 28,876 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	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: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 116%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 941 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 76%, 141,955 samples	266x
Core i7-2600KIntel $349Bench 75%, 130,614 samples	155x
Core i7-2600Intel $201Bench 71%, 149,549 samples	152x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 112,313 samples	53x
RX 580AMD $218Bench 55%, 623,105 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	41x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 108%, 504,559 samples	43x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	35x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 67%, 266,434 samples	32x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 38%, 358,602 samples	231x
4x4GBUnknownBench 44%, 67,392 samples	194x
2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 173,066 samples	87x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $303

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16