Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '21 at 13:07
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 408 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 195 Parallax 184 144% 185 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 185 Splatting 131 122% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$86 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 714GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 81 76 70 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 327 Write 229 Mixed 244 SusWrite 79.7 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 38.7 125% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 38.6 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 55.2 47% 65.7 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 125%
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 17GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 110 71 41 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 318 Write 160 Mixed 107 SusWrite 77.1 36% 166 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 10.4 40% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 16.9 DQ Write 14.8 DQ Mixed 12 10% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 135GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 110 71 41 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 70.8 Write 75.1 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 77.1 50% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 88%
Samsung HD103UI 1TB 1,652 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 547GB free Firmware: 1AA01111 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 89 82 76 78 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 32.7 Write 14.7 Mixed 11.2 SusWrite 81.8 25% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 51%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 29 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 29 22% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.9 225% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 97%

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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%

Battleship

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 $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