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 below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	51.5% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 15:02
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 540 57% 457 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 50GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2478608 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 -90752658946011 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2912 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 980 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2478608 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2478608 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2478608 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15476 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13473 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13473 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18067	42.3% Average	Read 197 Write 169 Mixed 146 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 9.2 77% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 26.9 26% 40.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 66%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 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 95 95 80532023 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -40218073757895 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 67 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 50 77312688162 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 77312688162 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 80532023 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 80532023 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 80532023 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 42949672961 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2916 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1256 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1256 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1603 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3014672	51.5% Above average	Read 452 Write 124 Mixed 175 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 11.7 82% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 68.5 DQ Mixed 9.79 18% 34.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 484GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 6091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1512 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1170 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 419 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22829 (C2) HDA temperature 119 102 31 (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	47.5% Average	Read 77.4 Write 88.1 Mixed 95.1 66% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 84%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 191GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 113 (03) Spinup time 132 132 38683148725 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4069 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 41216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2988 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5344 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 231929348131 (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	35.3% Below average	Read 58.4 Write 64.5 Mixed 57.5 45% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.22 56% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 85%

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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	365x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	237x
Core i7-2600Intel $196Bench 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 i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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) $30	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