Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.3% 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	68.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '18 at 23:14
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 193 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 359 49% 364 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 0995) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Lighting 23.6 Reflection 23.2 Parallax 29.2 19% 25.3 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 27.7 Splatting 24.2 22% 27.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 296 320 302 303 306 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 328 Write 266 Mixed 295 SusWrite 300 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 33.2 108% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 42 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 54.7 47% 66.8 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 123%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 425GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 302 324 306 307 310 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 330 Write 272 Mixed 287 SusWrite 305 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 32.8 108% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 97.5 DQ Mixed 54.3 45% 63.3 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 32GB 5,781 User benchmarks, average bench 53% null MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 16384 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9.2 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 101%

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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%

Sail boat

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