Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 21:11
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	34%

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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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 463 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 1.12 Parallax 117 116% 86.6 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 325 314 282 279 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 466 Write 414 Mixed 256 SusWrite 301 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 28.5 82% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 290 230% 322 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 44GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 400 409 353 356 374 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 419 Write 429 Mixed 292 SusWrite 373 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 27 118% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 135 118% 181 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 124%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 500GB 191 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 231GB free, PID 61f3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 206 208 182 192 203 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 278 Write 204 Mixed 231 SusWrite 197 300% 228 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 24.6 4K Mixed 24.1 1,739% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 29.9 DQ Mixed 26.5 2,012% 27.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 340%
SanDisk Cruzer Slice 16GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 6GB free, PID 5566 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 1.4 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	5.24% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 11.2 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 2 14% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 34% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.24% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 97%

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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 $196Bench 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 $261	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 $182	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) $30	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