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Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20110603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '14 at 16:40
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (45^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-$173 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 88.2 2-Core 155 56% 121 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 501 43% 368 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 54% Great: 74%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Raid 240GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 202GB free Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 936 Write 853 Mixed 885 199% 891 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 22 102% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.9 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 24.6 62% 122 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 112GB free Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 47256752139 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 50049253905797 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1093 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 34 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 47256752139 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 47256752139 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 47256752139 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 429496729700 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5226 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3963 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3963 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5303	27.7% Poor	Read 191 Write 67.9 Mixed 104 26% 121 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 8.92 47% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 67.7 DQ Write 24.7 DQ Mixed 18.5 21% 37 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 355GB free Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 85 188177947 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6329 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 155032380364 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3036 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 41 739704876 (C2) HDA temperature 44 59 42949673004 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 53 101220120 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 331 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.5% Below average	Read 66.6 Write 64 Mixed 38.2 42% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.36 77% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$60 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 292GB free Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23507738 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4861 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 62 64939867 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 910 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1245203 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 62 571801634 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 30064771106 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 25 23507738 (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 105029130263990 (F1) Unknown 100 253 465424837 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4061773427	54.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 87.3 Mixed 22.3 51% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.58 107% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 59GB free Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 89 125610944 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6906 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 206839970388 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3099 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 42 773324845 (C2) HDA temperature 45 58 47244640301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 51 128216703 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 188 91 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	26.9% Poor	Read 45 Write 48.5 Mixed 31.7 31% 41.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 43%

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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	382x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	248x
Core i7-2600Intel $173Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	101x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	43x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	36x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	399x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	301x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	180x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $471

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370

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PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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