Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.6% 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	54.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '19 at 18:14
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	70%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 366 44% 336 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1263) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 93.9 Parallax 87.7 85% 95.2 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 87.6 Splatting 78.3 73% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CHN mSATAM3 128 128GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1124A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 229 229 232 198 74 MB/s Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.1% Above average	Read 255 Write 180 Mixed 206 SusWrite 197 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 14.5 89% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 73.5 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 21.1 48% 94.7 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 73%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 465GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 381 378 384 392 408 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 356 Mixed 396 SusWrite 387 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 40.6 149% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 292 237% 337 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 125%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 821GB free Firmware: 2BA30002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 100 101 101 102 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 112 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 99.8 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 359GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 103 103 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 118 Write 115 Mixed 60 SusWrite 103 72% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 74%
MB1000EBZQB 1TB 607 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 866GB free Firmware: HPG1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 140 141 143 142 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 148 Write 147 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 141 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%

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 (50^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 97%

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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%

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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 $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 $182	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) $30	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