Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '19 at 20:02
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 404 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 99% 117 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 84.3 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 185 155 148 168 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 373 Write 188 Mixed 240 SusWrite 168 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 34.3 120% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 242 186% 255 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 95%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 838GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 347 393 396 396 393 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 375 Mixed 393 SusWrite 364 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 39.2 131% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 130 160% 282 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 520GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 87 88 89 90 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 75.5 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 88.9 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 68%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 80GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 56.3 Write 1 Mixed 2.2 SusWrite 0.7 11% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 35%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 16GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 58 59 59 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 56.2 Write 55.7 Mixed 46 SusWrite 58.7 40% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 35%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 102 104 105 108 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 78.7 Write 78.5 Mixed 64 SusWrite 105 113% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 180% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 72%

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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 $192Bench 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 $94Bench 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