Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 19:11
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-3770K-$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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 514 52% 423 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 0915) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.76% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 2.62 Parallax 1.81 2% 2.22 fps	MRender 2.24 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 1.7 2% 2.06 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.76% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10542 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 798 (B1) Unknown 97 97 43 (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 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 114 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21263505564	81.1% Excellent	Read 511 Write 399 Mixed 416 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 20.9 103% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 18.6 47% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 1160 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6610 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10302530 (09) Power-on hours count 80 79 17857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1693 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590065669 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7538 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 81604378653 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 4 1160 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 99497212386462 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2406294374 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2212538943	63.4% Good	Read 124 Write 96.9 Mixed 112 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.63 117% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 582GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 6480 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5025 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9921729 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 56307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1513 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 471466012 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 262 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5969 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 6 6480 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 30936649438452 (F1) Unknown 100 253 383019197 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3864126349	51.6% Above average	Read 85.5 Write 94.6 Mixed 78.3 65% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.38 72% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 75%

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 as expected (45^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 97%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	99x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	65x
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	126x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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