Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	106% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '22 at 19:00
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 214 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 557 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2900 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 185 Parallax 200 135% 183 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 188 Splatting 126 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 1T00 1TB 12,396 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 267GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 389 426 447 367 367 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 444 Mixed 368 SusWrite 392 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 45.5 154% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 247 213% 315 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 18 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 115%

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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	241x
Core i7-2600Intel $199Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	103x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	98x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	88x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	43x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	36x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	29x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	387x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	293x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	172x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $162	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16