Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '20 at 03:48
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470S 14,631 User benchmarks, average bench 65% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 180 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 316 42% 316 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8537) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.5% Below average	Lighting 42.8 Reflection 3.12 Parallax 38.9 35% 28.3 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 34.7 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCM-128M3S 2.5" 7mm 128GB 388 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: WQDA SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 86 73 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 315 Write 198 Mixed 169 SusWrite 83.9 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 25 85% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 71.2 DQ Mixed 32.9 30% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 81%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 114GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 75 95 93 95 97 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 113 Write 132 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 90.9 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 75%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 226GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 86 74 89 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 77.3 Write 41.6 Mixed 57 SusWrite 84.7 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 286GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 75 95 93 95 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 116 Write 108 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 90.9 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 10.5 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 57%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	100x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	66x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	62x

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	64x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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