Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	42% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 09:00
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 422 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 16983395 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 139217069942424 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 26 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 45 73017393184 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 73017393184 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16983395 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16983395 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16983395 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15483 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7893 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7893 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7980 (F4) Unknown 96 96 8519810	42% Average	Read 304 Write 113 Mixed 135 40% 184 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 10.2 73% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 17.4 DQ Write 70.6 DQ Mixed 9.78 18% 32.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 73%
Corsair Force LS 60GB-$57 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 16GB free Firmware: S9FM01.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3732 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (A2) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 77 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983109 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 486 (F2) Unknown 100 100 271	31.2% Below average	Read 225 Write 78.2 Mixed 95.1 29% 133 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 3.88 58% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 45.9 DQ Mixed 3.05 11% 24 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 89%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 203 100 8825 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5043 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 619 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 100 5006 (C2) HDA temperature 109 96 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	77.4% Very good	Read 119 Write 150 Mixed 148 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 3.64 4K Write 2.99 4K Mixed 0.23 232% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 669GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 139 139 21502755214 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8015 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1056 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8114 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 219044446249 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	73.2% Very good	Read 143 Write 112 Mixed 121 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.19 88% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 61%

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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 $189Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16