Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.1% 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	78.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 09:13
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 85.5 2-Core 156 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 412 41% 336 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2670) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.1% Poor	Lighting 32.9 Reflection 32 Parallax 41.4 27% 35.4 fps	MRender 45.5 Gravity 37.2 Splatting 32.5 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 240GB-$123 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11699 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 742 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 613 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9240789 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 379 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27077	78.5% Very good	Read 523 Write 195 Mixed 323 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 11.8 120% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 62 104% 201 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 108%
External 8.5TB 6.5TB free Firmware: 1.15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 97.1 Mixed 89.9 71% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.81 173% 1.33 MB/s

Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: GGB8 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 230321963 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 17128 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10762689 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 84 84 17095 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 521207839 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 16860 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 17418 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 12 230321963 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	72.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 125 Mixed 119 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 74%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 820GB free Firmware: MN6O Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 247 Write 92.6 Mixed 159 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 6.81 906% 3.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 61%

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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 $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 $94Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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