Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 16:21
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 398 49% 374 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8550) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1316 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 105 Parallax 94.2 85% 101 fps	MRender 86.4 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 84.5 72% 87.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 120 117 119 115 117 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.9% Above average	Read 235 Write 190 Mixed 228 SusWrite 121 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 27.4 101% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 36.4 38% 58.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 92%
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 23GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 66 66 67 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 143 Write 71.5 Mixed 96 SusWrite 65.7 21% 94 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 21.5 81% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 70.7 DQ Mixed 27 27% 41.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 52%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 860GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 189 190 192 191 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 134 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 189 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%
Imation Nano Pro 4GB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 0638 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.9 3.8 3.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	3.68% Terrible	Read 12 Write 3.8 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 3.6 7% 6.03 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.68% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.3% 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