Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	56.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 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.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 14:53
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2300 19,722 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 81.7 1-Core 76.2 2-Core 130 59% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 262 29% 229 Pts	64-Core 268 17% 268 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 74.2 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 62.8 60% 67.9 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 51.9 Splatting 61.9 50% 60.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 120GB 3,514 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: MVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 337 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 78 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 889697844
Poor: 61% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 450GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1898 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6925 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 699 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6072 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	90.6% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 152 Mixed 101 103% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.34 111% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 316GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8410 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3538 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 68764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2771 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 86 55 235798542 (C2) HDA temperature 81 52 319684627 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 245523 (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 99 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	62.8% Good	Read 103 Write 116 Mixed 69.8 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.47 122% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 292 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 12.2 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 64%

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	365x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	237x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 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	27x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	385x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	289x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	168x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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