Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '19 at 20:50
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 461 51% 400 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4670 21,442 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Sapphire(174B E930) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	2.92% Terrible	Lighting 3.67 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 2.88 3% 4.01 fps	MRender 2.86 Gravity 3.1 Splatting 3.96 3% 3.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.92% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 151 173 124 173 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 474 Write 413 Mixed 380 SusWrite 199 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 29.7 101% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 202 185% 284 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 750GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 186 196 189 196 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 139 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 193 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 16GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 11 12 14 14 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 81.5 Write 36.4 Mixed 37.9 SusWrite 12.9 48% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 100% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 30%

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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 65%

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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	239x
Core i7-2600Intel $189Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16