Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.3% 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	20.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '21 at 17:48
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 484 55% 428 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 84.4 Reflection 90.1 Parallax 79.5 69% 84.7 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 70.6 62% 76.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8TB8U256G1122 256GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4142100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 107 115 120 122 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 350 Write 258 Mixed 200 SusWrite 111 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 30.2 101% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 40.6 39% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 98%
Sandisk SD8TB8U256G1122 256GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 121GB free Firmware: X4142100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 114 116 121 122 121 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.9% Average	Read 216 Write 165 Mixed 135 SusWrite 113 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 23.7 87% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 39.1 35% 51.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 98%
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 39GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 52 54 53 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 161 Write 63 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 52.5 20% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 25 98% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 62.9 DQ Mixed 32 28% 40.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 52%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 137GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 52 53 53 54 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 98.2 Write 95.3 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 52.4 55% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 68%

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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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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 $186Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	386x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	291x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	171x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16