Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 40% 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 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.4% 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	57.2% 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110616
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '19 at 21:08
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 57.5 2-Core 136 57% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 279 32% 247 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 115 Parallax 110 80% 108 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC81605 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 207 219 219 205 226 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.2% Above average	Read 236 Write 217 Mixed 188 SusWrite 214 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 26.6 85% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 128 111% 163 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 101%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$70 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 382GB free Firmware: JP4OA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 102 101 101 106 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 63 Write 52.5 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 103 46% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 74%
HGST HTS 545050A7E380 500GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 243GB free, PID 0408 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 33 27 30 30 32 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 67.8 Write 29 Mixed 24 SusWrite 30.4 45% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 39% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 39%
ADATA HDD SH93 320GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 140GB free, PID a93a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 40 40 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 40.3 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 39.9 51% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 20%

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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 61%

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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	371x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	241x
Core i7-2600Intel $149Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	98x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	89x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 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	388x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	294x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	173x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $474

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