Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.8% 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	37.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 02:59
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2550K-$119 2,925 User benchmarks, average bench 74% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 407 53% 400 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Lighting 36.4 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 44.2 30% 37.7 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 30.5 Splatting 37.5 27% 32.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.3.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 90 90 243674177 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 64811056535249 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1117 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 38 (B1) Unknown 0 0 14 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 60132884515 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 243674177 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 243674177 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 243674177 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 46952 (EA) Unknown 0 0 38086 (F1) Unknown 0 0 38086 (F2) Unknown 0 0 51969	37.6% Below average	Read 156 Write 82.2 Mixed 97.3 25% 112 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 8.35 76% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 97.9 DQ Mixed 27.4 42% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 79%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 298GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387263909 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4442 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28899 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 538 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4877 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4877 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 253403988001 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.1% Good	Read 113 Write 100 Mixed 126 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 235GB free Firmware: 1AJ10004 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9216 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4971 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26017 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1186 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 47 890109978 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4986	56.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 94.9 Mixed 103 75% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 3.15 4K Mixed 0.43 123% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 75%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 100GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 129 129 51577029238 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2309 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2743 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2743 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 210454708266 (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	29.6% Poor	Read 43.3 Write 59.6 Mixed 76.1 46% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.22 58% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 92%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 97GB free Firmware: 1AJ10004 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 425 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9212 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1887 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37714 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1186 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 18 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 739115043 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 25 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1902	53.9% Above average	Read 76.1 Write 111 Mixed 100 72% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.39 115% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 75%

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 (92^nd percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 27%

Raft

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