Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.48% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110603
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 10:59
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Memory 58.1 1-Core 44.4 2-Core 134 45% 78.9 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 188 23% 178 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1571) 1.2GB CLim: 732 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	6.48% Terrible	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 9.15 Parallax 12.7 4% 8.76 fps	MRender 18.6 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 14.2 12% 15 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 6.48% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 256GB-$35 2,939 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM001B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^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 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 107 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (AA) Unknown 100 100 519 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 71 70 128850198557 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (DA) Unknown 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 198 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 184 (F2) Unknown 100 100 135 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 53312	68.8% Good	Read 512 Write 353 Mixed 390 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 9.93 70% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 12 46% 104 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 110%
Kingston SSDNow KC400 256GB-$35 2,939 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 163GB free Firmware: SAFM001B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 106 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 360 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 57 56 188979740715 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 217 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 211 (F2) Unknown 100 100 232 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 56896	49.7% Average	Read 265 Write 212 Mixed 218 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 10.2 68% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 11.5 46% 103 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 110%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 6133 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2287 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1755 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2149 (C2) HDA temperature 120 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	73% Very good	Read 132 Write 123 Mixed 123 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.18 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 930GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 36 (03) Spinup time 165 160 6725 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3782 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22522 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3144 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 518 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 105 105 286602 (C2) HDA temperature 122 101 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 198 184	71.9% Very good	Read 127 Write 123 Mixed 107 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.23 99% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 59%

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 below expectations (6^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	MC Read 5.2 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 4.8 15% 5.1 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 4.5 13% 4.63 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 65%

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

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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