Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	86.9% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 01:17
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 233 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 456 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 152 Parallax 145 106% 142 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 145 Splatting 115 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 342 397 382 354 353 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 451 Write 306 Mixed 280 SusWrite 355 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 33.7 101% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 161 169% 281 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 44GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 347 402 383 387 388 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 451 Write 250 Mixed 259 SusWrite 369 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 30.1 96% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 134 118% 181 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 124%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 500GB 191 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 232GB free, PID 61f3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 195 206 197 196 196 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 272 Write 180 Mixed 212 SusWrite 197 282% 215 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 24.2 4K Mixed 21.5 1,620% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 35.7 DQ Mixed 27.4 2,233% 28.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 97%

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

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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	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 $109Bench 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 $295	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