Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	29.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 12:52
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 210 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 522 57% 453 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
INTENSO 128GB 3,345 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11017 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1069 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 37 (AD) Unknown 100 100 221118633 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9992213	29.3% Poor	Read 143 Write 71.7 Mixed 123 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 4.38 58% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 30.2 DQ Mixed 4.4 20% 46.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 91%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 84GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 127 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5813 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1853 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 124784 (C2) HDA temperature 120 102 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.8% Above average	Read 109 Write 92.2 Mixed 101 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.15 77% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 45%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	100x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	66x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	61x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	26x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	26x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	24x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	14x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	127x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	111x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	63x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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