Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.3% 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	36.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 23:51
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 189 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 372 50% 373 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 254C) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Lighting 44.5 Reflection 32.1 Parallax 59.4 36% 45.3 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 39.5 30% 36.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 480GB-$322 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 206GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -75153337723027 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1785 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1327 (B7) Unknown 100 100 17 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 41 54 77312950313 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1327 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 197122 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 69 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 197122 (F2) Unknown 100 100 498191 (F9) Unknown 100 100 33574	46.4% Average	Read 263 Write 216 Mixed 199 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 15.2 58% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 54.3 56% 94.5 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 68%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 18GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 41427 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3641 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 107939 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 20552313 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 723232272 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	30.9% Below average	Read 257 Write 59 Mixed 39.2 25% 118 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 5.05 42% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 49.1 DQ Mixed 34.5 46% 88.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 44%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 16321210 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 -41858751224183 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2824 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 24 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16321210 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16321210 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16321210 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37735 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26294 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26294 (F2) Unknown 0 0 53074	36.8% Below average	Read 180 Write 105 Mixed 107 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 10.6 65% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 73.6 DQ Mixed 27.2 39% 72.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 215GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 165 1050 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 27177 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3186 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 442032 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48% Average	Read 92.4 Write 74.8 Mixed 77.4 61% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.15 54% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 213GB free Firmware: JC4B 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 109 99 21071880 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 21175 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 34460813074 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2836 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4653128 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 57 48 789905451 (C2) HDA temperature 43 52 81604378667 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 16 21071880 (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 -77777562719943 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34070297 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3860604094	42.5% Average	Read 93.6 Write 54.5 Mixed 76.2 56% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.34 73% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 68%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 3TB free, PID ab30 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 119 Mixed 78.8 127% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.36 196% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 61%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 75%

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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 $189Bench 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 $75Bench 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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16