Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26.6% 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	50.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '19 at 17:52
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 77.5 2-Core 154 63% 106 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 292 37% 282 Pts	64-Core 297 18% 297 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3766) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Lighting 32.7 Reflection 24.4 Parallax 29.9 27% 29 fps	MRender 36 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 30.4 26% 32.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 69 55 58 64 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 386 Write 204 Mixed 204 SusWrite 66.9 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 23.9 81% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 66.6 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 63.1 70% 113 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 618GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 182 183 183 183 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 108 Mixed 74 SusWrite 182 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 243GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 67 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 76.5 Write 75 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 67.2 51% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 69%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 4.9 5 4.9 4.9 4.9 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.67% Terrible	Read 15.3 Write 4 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 4.8 8% 7.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.67% Great: 7%

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 (74^th percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 14.6 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 61%

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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	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	288x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	168x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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