Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '18 at 23:52
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 411 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gigabyte(1458 21FA) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 22.8 Reflection 15.8 Parallax 20 19% 19.5 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 20.3 14% 16.4 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,340 Write 4691 Mixed 4,848 1,106% 4,960 MB/s	4K Read 270 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 202 763% 217 MB/s	DQ Read 960 DQ Write 830 DQ Mixed 870 659% 887 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Patriot Pyro 120GB-$73 135 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 93GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 95 97 97 95 132 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52% Above average	Read 172 Write 121 Mixed 135 SusWrite 99 30% 132 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 26.6 110% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 120 92% 126 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 192GB free Firmware: CR100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 36 39 39 39 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 62.5 Write 17.5 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 38.7 26% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 44%

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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 61%

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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%

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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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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