Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '21 at 03:54
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 87 2-Core 174 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 344 46% 342 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.6% Good	Lighting 85.5 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 80.9 70% 85.6 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 75.2 70% 86.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$55 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 302 303 278 277 284 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	73% Very good	Read 358 Write 247 Mixed 278 SusWrite 275 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 38.6 124% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.2 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 52.9 45% 63.8 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 125%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 507GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 78 78 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 72.4 Write 69.3 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 78 48% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% null MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.8% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 10.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 10.6 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 54%

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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 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	366x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	238x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 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	28x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	385x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	289x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	170x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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