Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.6% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 01:58
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

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 i7-2600-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 170 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 472 53% 417 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 83F0) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Lighting 39 Reflection 38.2 Parallax 49.5 32% 42.2 fps	MRender 49.4 Gravity 44.5 Splatting 35.7 35% 43.2 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNF256GMCS 256GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: FSTAN103 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (21^st 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 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6087 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 189 189 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 60 37 270583791656 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	52.6% Above average	Read 259 Write 207 Mixed 235 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 24.4 78% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 101 79% 107 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 982GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 3328 (03) Spinup time 94 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8723336468 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21048 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3476 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 248 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 47698870299 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3616 (C2) HDA temperature 27 44 -140737488355301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 4 3328 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 111342732202810 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3970089057 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3854756558	67.4% Good	Read 115 Write 120 Mixed 99.6 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.72 128% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 75%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 921GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 161 6850 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 976 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 25 25 55229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 479 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 973 (C2) HDA temperature 124 108 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.6% Average	Read 88 Write 70.3 Mixed 69.4 57% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.35 110% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 102GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234057616 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 223278291 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 627 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 48 9809976168485 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 454033435 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3693 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 34359738395 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 889066 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 64085207028741 (F1) Unknown 100 253 92731287603 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3867029679	53.4% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 89.5 Mixed 80.6 67% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.27 72% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 89GB free Firmware: CC63 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 63 24177847 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 69 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1396100 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 470876188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 87 (C2) HDA temperature 28 9 38654705692 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 24177847 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -68977174773301 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1993280928 (F2) Unknown 100 253 237648613	63.3% Good	Read 101 Write 119 Mixed 95.3 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.32 103% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 112%
ASMT 2105 750GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 383GB free, PID 1053 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 93.1 Write 78.4 Mixed 59.2 94% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.21 20% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 39%

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 (90^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.5 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 18.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 61%

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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	367x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	239x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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