Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	61% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '21 at 14:10
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (40^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)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 406 56% 413 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.6% 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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 196 Parallax 202 144% 192 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 184 Splatting 133 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 714GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 80 81 80 78 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	61% Good	Read 351 Write 252 Mixed 277 SusWrite 80.4 54% 240 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 40.7 123% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 52.3 44% 60.6 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 125%
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 17GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 112 112 53 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 341 Write 173 Mixed 113 SusWrite 85.5 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 13.9 4K Mixed 10.7 46% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 16.4 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 11.8 10% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 135GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 112 112 53 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 76.7 Write 77.9 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 85.5 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 88%
Samsung HD103UI 1TB 1,652 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 547GB free Firmware: 1AA01111 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 81 81 80 78 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 32 Write 82.5 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 81 41% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 51%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 28.9 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 29.2 22% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 18.3% 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 (53^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.8% 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	366x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	239x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	102x
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	385x
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 $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16