Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 22:49
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 388 52% 388 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 111 Parallax 110 91% 111 fps	MRender 91.7 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 88.6 75% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4384 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2833 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81509200 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1314 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 193 (D2) Unknown 100 100 8 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14316 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22801 (F9) Unknown 100 100 602190432	92.8% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 407 Mixed 432 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 28.9 123% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 70.2 110% 210 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 101%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 112GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2580280 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 11 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -67336497253078 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2508 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1012 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 2576 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2580280 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 11 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2580280 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2580280 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17801 (EA) Unknown 0 0 43354 (F1) Unknown 0 0 43354 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24372	51.4% Above average	Read 203 Write 121 Mixed 148 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 17.4 104% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 32.7 50% 95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 61%
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA00 250GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 233GB free Firmware: PB2OC64G Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 211 211 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1272 (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 98 98 1236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1024 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 35000 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 214749151260 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	45.4% Average	Read 79 Write 79 Mixed 73.2 58% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 47%

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)	61.9% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.9% 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	365x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	237x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 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	27x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	385x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	289x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	168x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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