Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.48% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 22:11
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 100 2-Core 196 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 474 54% 423 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 530 5,672 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Device(1B0A 90A3) 2GB CLim: 699 MHz, MLim: 396 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.54 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.48% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 5.12 Parallax 3.5 4% 4.29 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.48% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 22 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38702 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4852088 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 2495687 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 3 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 407178599 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 65 65 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	31.3% Below average	Read 209 Write 94.6 Mixed 123 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 6.12 54% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 65.1 DQ Mixed 5.51 15% 30.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 46%
Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB-$32 19,180 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 230GB free Firmware: JC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162509247 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1377 (05) Reallocated sector count 83 83 734 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 99118874 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 677 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 30065229831 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 555155484 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 38654705692 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 21 162509247 (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 -4827543219524 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2119003350 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3686510624	65.5% Good	Read 116 Write 112 Mixed 33.3 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.51 114% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 50%

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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 $109Bench 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 $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 $40	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