Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.21% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	0.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 15:57
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 217 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 405 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 83C7) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.21% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 2.54 Parallax 0.53 1% 1.46 fps	MRender 2.81 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 1.91 2% 1.86 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.21% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 252 242 256 259 259 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 482 Write 252 Mixed 269 SusWrite 250 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 33.8 124% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 199 168% 245 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 123%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 137GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 129 133 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 122 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 133 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 22GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 57 59 59 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 47.8 Write 54.7 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 58.9 36% 48.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	35% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 10.2 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 10.5 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

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 $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 $273	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 $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 $40	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