Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 22:09
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 345 47% 350 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3103) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.12.0.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 22.8 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 19.8 19% 19.6 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 15.9 Splatting 20 14% 16.6 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 64GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 42GB free Firmware: S5FAM014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 54 45 45 47 48 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	21.6% Poor	Read 148 Write 29.7 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 50.6 16% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 7.7 40% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 11.6 DQ Write 17.1 DQ Mixed 4.8 6% 11.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 73%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 56GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 112 106 107 106 105 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53% Above average	Read 279 Write 130 Mixed 174 SusWrite 111 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 29.5 103% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 35.2 37% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 77%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 63 58 71 63 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 79 Mixed 35 SusWrite 64.2 45% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 76%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 51GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 99 95 95 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 108 Write 79 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 97 104% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 70%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 947 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 143GB free, PID a003 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 79 78 78 78 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 72.8 Write 32.5 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 75.3 70% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 44%
SAMSUNG HD154UI 1.5TB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 108GB free, PID 0475 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 31 31 31 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 34 Write 28.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 30.4 41% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 20%

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 (87^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 16.5 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 61%

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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	366x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	238x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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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Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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