Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	22% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 15:44
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 475 50% 400 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 21F8) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 18.4 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 15.4 15% 16.1 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 18.4 12% 14.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 494342150	70.3% Very good	Read 410 Write 321 Mixed 283 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 22.5 107% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 40.7 DQ Write 72.6 DQ Mixed 23.7 27% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V Series 64GB 1,215 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: E111008a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 26096 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1680 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 96 96 0 (AD) Unknown 34 34 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 171800395816 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	22% Poor	Read 175 Write 84.4 Mixed 36.3 21% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 5.26 32% 9.6 MB/s	DQ Read 12.9 DQ Write 10.9 DQ Mixed 6.15 6% 9.97 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 52%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 850GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1648 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3069 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1144 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 23 23 531332 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 8	49.8% Average	Read 84.4 Write 88.6 Mixed 62.9 59% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.26 98% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 84%
CT240BX2 00SSD1 240GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 119GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 148 Mixed 167 216% 176 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 17.8 2,168% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 58.3 DQ Mixed 18.7 2,728% 35.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 202%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 65%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	367x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	239x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	103x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	96x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	386x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	291x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	170x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16