Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.4% 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	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 8 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '17 at 15:06
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 418 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 24.6 Parallax 31.7 20% 27.1 fps	MRender 32.7 Gravity 29.1 Splatting 25.5 23% 29.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: C4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^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 (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8882808 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -80796924758945 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2574 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1198 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 85 77314981920 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8882808 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8882808 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8882808 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23373 (EA) Unknown 0 0 29755 (F1) Unknown 0 0 29755 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26123	45.2% Average	Read 189 Write 106 Mixed 121 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 14.8 89% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 28.7 45% 86.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 340GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 134 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1847 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1167 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 151 151 148543 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 29 (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	68.2% Good	Read 125 Write 113 Mixed 108 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.23 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 313GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6594249 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6712 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 179262024 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5617 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1114136 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 538378271 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 28 6594249 (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 38521561705741 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1016441754 (F2) Unknown 100 253 232719487	58.7% Above average	Read 114 Write 90.7 Mixed 77.2 70% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.46 107% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	365x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	237x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	166x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	102x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	94x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	88x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	36x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	27x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	385x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	289x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	168x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

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