Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics105% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20110616
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 12 '18 at 14:11
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246
Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
77.5% Very good
Memory 92.9
1-Core 89.8
2-Core 176
71% 120 Pts
4-Core 361
8-Core 360
48% 360 Pts
64-Core 359
22% 359 Pts
Poor: 44%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 90
Parallax 104
112% 111 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 130
Splatting 112
94% 114 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 105%
Great: 101%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40
2.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC29
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 150 183 190 198 195 MB/s
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 189
Mixed 74.9
SusWrite 182
116% 159 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 106%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
59.5% Above average
MC Read 20.3
MC Write 22.6
MC Mixed 19
59% 20.6 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 18.2
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 62.3
64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 59.5%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z68AP-D3 Builds (Compare 1,352 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $474
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