Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.8% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit cores, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '17 at 23:45
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	61.1% Good	Memory 87 1-Core 81.5 2-Core 133 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 231 28% 216 Pts	64-Core 259 16% 259 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% XFX(1682 7360) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 21.5 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 26.5 18% 25.3 fps	MRender 22.2 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 27 18% 21.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 909GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 57 1073 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6350 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4327 (05) Reallocated sector count 93 93 204 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4146 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 57 1073 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 16427 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 83 56 286130193 (C2) HDA temperature 81 56 319684627 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 421001 (C4) Reallocation count 95 95 204 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 99 99 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.1% Average	Read 57.8 Write 110 Mixed 80.1 62% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.35 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 59%
Toshiba MK3276GSX H 320GB 586 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: GS001Y Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1269 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2139 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 672 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 12116 (0A) Spinup retry count 142 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 281 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 134039 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 214748758049 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 270 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 45 (DE) Loaded hours 83 83 7053 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 258 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	30.9% Below average	Read 61.1 Write 46.6 Mixed 45.2 38% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.18 40% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 11.9 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 57%

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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 $195Bench 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 $178	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