Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 13:55
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 87.3 2-Core 166 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 336 45% 337 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 70%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2.5GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.04% Terrible	Lighting 1.1 Reflection 1.46 Parallax 0.97 1% 1.18 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 2 1% 1.57 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.04% Great: 1%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 75.8 Parallax 65.7 62% 72.5 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 72.2 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 123 116 125 131 137 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.3% Average	Read 211 Write 140 Mixed 161 SusWrite 125 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 24.3 83% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 139 112% 159 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 193 194 194 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 148 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 192 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 27GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 91 97 102 103 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 88 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 98.9 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 563GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 54 54 55 94 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 69.4 Write 55.2 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 62.4 44% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 65%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	102x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	66x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	62x

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	25x
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	112x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	64x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16