Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.6% 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	39.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 05:48
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	68% Good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 91.2 2-Core 178 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 312 39% 299 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% PwrHis(1787 2312) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.3 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 13.1 12% 13.2 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 13 10% 12 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 51 52 53 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 170 Write 59 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 53.7 20% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 26 88% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 61.7 DQ Mixed 31.3 28% 40.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 676GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 109 106 106 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 116 Write 115 Mixed 60 SusWrite 111 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 65%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 677GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 106 102 103 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 121 Write 112 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 107 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 65%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 500GB 2,264 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 246GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 26 25 26 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 25.5 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 27.1 36% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 43%

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)	49.5% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 16.1 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 15.6 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 61%

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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	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 $274	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 $184	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