Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '19 at 17:50
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 167 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 468 45% 373 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Zotac(19DA 6222) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 266 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.85% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.62 Parallax 1.81 2% 2.25 fps	MRender 2.43 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 1.87 2% 2.19 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.85% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 255 42 67 48 61 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67% Good	Read 462 Write 268 Mixed 283 SusWrite 126 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 25 107% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 65.9 84% 150 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 41GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 102 96 98 99 98 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 210 Write 125 Mixed 162 SusWrite 97.8 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 25.7 100% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 94.5 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 104 81% 109 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 6GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 390 Write 186 Mixed 177 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 24.7 102% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 176 133% 178 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 336GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 96 95 96 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 85.6 Write 85 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 95.2 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 85%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 807GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 67 66 67 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 61 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 66.4 43% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 86%

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 below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.6% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.7 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.6% 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	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 $300	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 $45	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