Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	7GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 7GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 7 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 02:51
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 6.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 488 64% 482 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Lighting 87.4 Reflection 86.2 Parallax 74.6 71% 82.7 fps	MRender 79.2 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 66.7 59% 73.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1368 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1157 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 206 (A9) Unknown 100 100 290 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 86 (AE) Unknown 100 100 406 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 57 244813987872 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 598 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 22705 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9507 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6817 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	53.2% Above average	Read 343 Write 262 Mixed 205 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 12.3 75% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 48.7 DQ Mixed 12.1 16% 28.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 99%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 245GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 19 (03) Spinup time 186 165 5658 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3907 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3425 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 442 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 60274 (C2) HDA temperature 121 100 29 (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 1	28.8% Poor	Read 7.66 Write 92.3 Mixed 28.9 32% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 65%
WD WD1600JD-22HBB0 160GB 2,425 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 143GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 159 4525 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1463 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 405 (C2) HDA temperature 120 95 30 (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 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.1% Below average	Read 49.8 Write 58.2 Mixed 49.3 39% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.38 102% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 7GB 8,824 User benchmarks, average bench 24% null MHz 4096, 2048, 1024 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 11.6 32% 11 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 12.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 52%

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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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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