Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1720 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1720 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '20 at 09:02
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 6.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 597 72% 552 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 142 Parallax 133 106% 135 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 891GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 318 357 299 221 277 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 365 Write 202 Mixed 223 SusWrite 282 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 44.7 147% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.5 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 56.5 49% 70.5 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 395GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 175 179 177 177 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 142 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 176 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 9GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 6 7.6 8.6 9.4 9.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	7.99% Terrible	Read 19.6 Write 6.5 Mixed 14 SusWrite 7.7 15% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 3.1 147% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.99% Great: 17%

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 (96^th percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.8 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 23.5 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 67.3% 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%

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 $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