Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 24% Surfboard	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (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. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 13.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	11.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	27% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (92%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '21 at 02:47
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	92%

PC Performing below expectations (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 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Memory 18.5 1-Core 19.7 2-Core 40.1 15% 26.1 Pts	4-Core 45 8-Core 72.2 7% 58.6 Pts	64-Core 71.3 4% 71.3 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	0.62% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 0.9 Parallax 0.3 0% 0.57 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 1 1% 1.3 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.62% Great: 2%
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 21F8) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.6 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 15.1 13% 16.2 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 10.6 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 37 33 40 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	27% Poor	Read 119 Write 49.4 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 38 15% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 16.9 59% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 48.3 DQ Mixed 22.8 21% 32 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 51%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 541GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 115 102 91 109 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 122 Write 105 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 111 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 76%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 899GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 85 86 81 86 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 79.4 Write 89.9 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 86.6 97% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 42%

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 expectations (32^nd percentile)	27.5% Poor	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 10.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.4 19% 6.6 GB/s	Latency 332 12% 332 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	31.5"	1280 720	SHP3253 LC-32LB370U

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 74%

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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	238x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	385x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	289x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	170x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16