Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.72% 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	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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 16:18
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 192 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 469 48% 389 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.72% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 9.25 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 14.8 11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.72% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ OCTANE 128GB 321 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 115GB free Firmware: 1.14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 82 88 90 124 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 305 Write 189 Mixed 145 SusWrite 93.5 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 19.6 75% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 21.3 DQ Mixed 24 18% 22.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 60%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 113 112 118 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 105 Write 162 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 110 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.9 359% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 409GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 125 125 125 126 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 120 Write 78.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 124 68% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 162GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 96 95 95 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 96 Write 84 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 94.6 58% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 105%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 115 113 119 112 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 126 Write 116 Mixed 58 SusWrite 111 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 220GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 82 87 90 124 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 95 Write 102 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 93 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.5 197% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 90%

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 (79^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 61%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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