Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 06:29
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 410 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 59 Parallax 88.6 54% 71.3 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 56.5 Splatting 76.1 54% 63.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 77114796 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 67302137538198 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 25 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 45 73017393182 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 73017393182 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 77114796 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 77114796 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 77114796 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15428 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7841 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7841 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7960 (F4) Unknown 96 96 8519810	43.2% Average	Read 322 Write 116 Mixed 153 43% 197 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 9.13 74% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 11 19% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 73%
Corsair Force LS 60GB-$57 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 16GB free Firmware: S9FM01.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3730 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (A2) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 77 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983109 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 483 (F2) Unknown 100 100 270	32.7% Below average	Read 233 Write 79 Mixed 75 28% 129 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 3.49 61% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 56 DQ Mixed 6.32 14% 29.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 89%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 183 100 9825 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5041 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14129 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 618 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 100 5005 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	78.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 147 Mixed 154 108% 142 MB/s	4K Read 4.04 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.27 254% 2.44 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 669GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34386477482 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8014 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25005 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1055 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8113 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 219044446249 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74.3% Very good	Read 144 Write 115 Mixed 120 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 107%

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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 61%

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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