Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	92.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '17 at 23:28
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 5.9 GHz, turbo 7.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 96.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 423 48% 373 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3233) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.100.0.0 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.6 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 21.2 13% 17.7 fps	MRender 13.4 Gravity 16.1 Splatting 15 12% 14.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron 256GB-$255 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 153 1 2884 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 37 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3052 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 0 42952949791 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 1 74 (E7) Temperature 94 94 7 (EA) Unknown 100 100 249979 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12463 (F2) Unknown 100 100 24043 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3635423	92.6% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 432 Mixed 455 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 27.7 100% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 82.9 132% 253 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 97%
WD WD7502ABYS-02A6B0 750GB 1,121 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 441GB free Firmware: 03.00C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1825 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 688 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 560 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 429 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 672 (C2) HDA temperature 106 95 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63% Good	Read 116 Write 103 Mixed 96.9 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.51 121% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 63%
Mtfddaa064mar-1j1ab 49Y5835 49Y5838IBM 64GB 54GB free Firmware: MA49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (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 100 100 387 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 81 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 47244640267 (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 49 (BE) vendor-specific 41 49 210454577193 (C2) HDA temperature 41 49 210454577193 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 28136962 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4354

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 859B BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 859B BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 59%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 74%

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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 $196Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x
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	148x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	144x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	86x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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