Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics114% 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 Drive69% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory12GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3  (all builds)
Memory10.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20120320
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 12 '17 at 12:31
Run Duration83 Seconds
Run User IRL-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319
Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.3 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85% Excellent
Memory 92.6
1-Core 116
2-Core 217
82% 142 Pts
4-Core 425
8-Core 567
63% 496 Pts
64-Core 594
37% 594 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 85%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Lighting 155
Reflection 160
Parallax 137
126% 151 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 146
Splatting 113
101% 125 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 114%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
69% Good
Read 493
Write 239
Mixed 243
71% 325 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 55.4
4K Mixed 15
93% 33.3 MB/s
DQ Read 188
DQ Write 155
DQ Mixed 33.5
63% 126 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 69%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3x4GB
3 of 4 slots used
12GB DIMM
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
29% Poor
MC Read 9.5
MC Write 8.7
MC Mixed 8.4
25% 8.87 GB/s
SC Read 8.8
SC Write 9.4
SC Mixed 8.8
26% 9 GB/s
Latency 62.9
64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 25%
This bench: 29%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z68AP-D3 Builds (Compare 1,352 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $474
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