Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.7% 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)
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	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.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '19 at 22:44
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 82.1 2-Core 146 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 370 40% 319 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 32.2 Reflection 30 Parallax 43.2 26% 35.2 fps	MRender 42.4 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 32.6 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 22 20 65 163 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 20.5 Write 64 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 69.2 33% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 5.2 818% 4.23 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 213%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 13GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 7.7 8.6 7.3 6.2 6.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	9.97% Terrible	Read 30.3 Write 12.2 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 8 21% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.1 83% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.97% Great: 31%

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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	47.5% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.5% 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%

Sail boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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