Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '22 at 23:21
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (58^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 131 67% 106 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 324 44% 329 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.1% Above average	Lighting 61.4 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 63.6 50% 64.8 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 56 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 126 130 132 135 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 464 Write 429 Mixed 348 SusWrite 158 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 37.2 124% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 257 220% 324 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 111%
Intel SSDMAEMC040G2 40GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 37GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 42 39 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	33% Below average	Read 192 Write 41.5 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 40.4 19% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 10.2 65% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 41.7 DQ Mixed 64.7 55% 83.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 34%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 180GB free Firmware: CC63 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 154 155 156 156 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 104 Write 70.9 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 153 73% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 63%

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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	367x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	239x
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16