Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '19 at 04:49
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 203 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 492 53% 423 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3287) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2047 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (69 fps cap detected)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 68 Parallax 60.6 56% 65.8 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 69.3 56% 68.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 581GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 130 130 131 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 146 Write 117 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 130 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 109%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 60 56 58 62 61 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 78.3 Write 74.5 Mixed 53 SusWrite 58.8 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 54%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 747GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 164 164 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 160 Mixed 99.8 SusWrite 164 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 109%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 509GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 110 111 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61% Good	Read 103 Write 110 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 109 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 19.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 61%

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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 $295	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 $40	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