Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 16:41
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 210 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 421 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 36BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45% Average	Lighting 53.2 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 55.5 43% 58 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 54.7 Splatting 53.3 48% 60.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3160811AS 160GB-$45 4,832 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 50 59 60 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 62.2 Mixed 40.8 SusWrite 55.4 40% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 40%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 258GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 104 104 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 111 Write 114 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 102 72% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 45%

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

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 $184	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) $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