Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	75.7% 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	53.2% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '21 at 00:31
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Memory 77.1 1-Core 86.6 2-Core 164 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 295 33% 259 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 93 Reflection 102 Parallax 93.9 76% 96.4 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 93.8 76% 92.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TEAML5Lite3D120G 120GB 2,389 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 128 138 139 144 144 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.2% Above average	Read 202 Write 178 Mixed 192 SusWrite 147 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 31.9 107% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 42.6 DQ Write 79.1 DQ Mixed 50.3 41% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 110%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 678GB free Firmware: HP40 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 109 109 110 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 107 Write 69.4 Mixed 59.6 SusWrite 110 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 65%

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 below expectations (22^nd percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $94Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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