Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '16 at 11:05
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i5-2500K-$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 (92^nd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 96 2-Core 188 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 360 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5012 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.94% Terrible	Lighting 4.9 Reflection 5.77 Parallax 3.78 4% 4.82 fps	MRender 5.95 Gravity 5.1 Splatting 3.52 4% 4.86 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.94% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS330 120GB 735 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP122PD0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 237 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 199 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 887116325	54.2% Above average	Read 375 Write 188 Mixed 218 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 13.5 85% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 16 27% 49.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 147957240 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4524 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21585501217 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3265 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 4833804320 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24783 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 102147207204740 (F1) Unknown 100 253 59318069434 (F2) Unknown 100 253 104618695365	73.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 120 Mixed 35.8 71% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 3.78 4K Mixed 0.28 132% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 65%

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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