Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	46.4% 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)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '19 at 14:39
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 79 1-Core 59.4 2-Core 103 51% 80.4 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 274 26% 213 Pts	64-Core 292 18% 292 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.4% Average	Lighting 54.7 Reflection 61.9 Parallax 78.7 45% 65.1 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 61.5 Splatting 56.2 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 60GB free Firmware: 05.06H05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 62 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	34% Below average	Read 56.7 Write 52.8 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 61.4 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3300820SCE 300GB 749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.ACE SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 27 30 35 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 29.3 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 30.2 23% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 92% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	40% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 13.3 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 45%

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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%

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