Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.3% 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	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '19 at 13:54
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 189 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 473 48% 388 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 8D90) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 90.6 Parallax 90.2 81% 93.2 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 86.4 Splatting 75.5 71% 88.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 66 59 36 64 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 427 Write 346 Mixed 102 SusWrite 81.3 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 25.7 93% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 90.5 DQ Mixed 109 102% 165 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 82%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$39 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 56GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 548 416 417 412 413 410 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,141 Write 934 Mixed 909 SusWrite 436 191% 855 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 69.1 218% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 767 DQ Write 698 DQ Mixed 728 548% 731 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 302%
WD WD7502AAEX-00Y9A0 750GB 4,731 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 366GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 87 90 89 90 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 105 Write 108 Mixed 85 SusWrite 88.9 72% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 77%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 394GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 92 97 96 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 96.5 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 95.7 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.5% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 65%

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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	367x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	239x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	103x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	96x
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	386x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	291x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	170x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16