Intel DZ68BC

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.7% 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	43.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	INTEL_ DZ68BC__
Motherboard	Intel DZ68BC (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '16 at 01:14
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 187 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 411 45% 354 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 2771) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 38 Reflection 28.3 Parallax 50.4 31% 38.9 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 36.5 Splatting 35.2 27% 32.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332A Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.3% Average	Read 278 Write 102 Mixed 149 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 31 4K Mixed 12.7 66% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 35.4 56% 110 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 81%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2400 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 392 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 392 (C2) HDA temperature 118 112 25 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 183 Mixed 158 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 0.32 136% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 539GB free Firmware: 01.0 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 150 Write 114 Mixed 117 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.32 132% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 109%
Kingston DTR30G2 16GB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 12GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 17.6 Mixed 12.1 23% 20.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.75 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.52 52% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 60%

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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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Gaming 17%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Intel DZ68BC - $254

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	2x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	2x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	1x
HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 8,807 samples	1x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1x

SSD
M4 128GBCrucial $116Bench 60%, 34,516 samples	1x
320 Series 160GBIntel $149Bench 42%, 13,029 samples	1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	1x
99U5471-029.A00LF 1x4GBKingstonBench 25%, 213 samples	1x
9905458-020.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 47%, 281 samples	1x

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Total price: $781

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 $178	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