Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (93%). 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	2.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110523
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 19:14
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	93%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Memory 80.9 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 71.8 52% 75.4 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 255 28% 220 Pts	64-Core 251 16% 251 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 4000 8,609 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0780) 2GB CLim: 475 MHz, MLim: 702 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.84 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24536 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 653 (E8) Unknown 100 100 50514915535 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	67.5% Good	Read 362 Write 309 Mixed 312 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 23.5 103% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 62.2 50% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 334GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 118895296 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 297 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12069132 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 588447778 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10286 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 68719476770 (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 2456721297555 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9311984339 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14689828374	87.7% Excellent	Read 157 Write 148 Mixed 141 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.22 99% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 52GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8230 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1954 (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 91 91 43641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 659 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 537788448 (C2) HDA temperature 62 46 638451750 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 160804 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (C8) Write error rate 99 99 726 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	45.4% Average	Read 72.3 Write 85.8 Mixed 80 60% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.37 99% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 60%

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 (90^th percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 15.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 50%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	367x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	239x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	103x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	96x
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	386x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	291x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	170x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16