Intel DZ68DB

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	INTEL_ DZ68DB__
Motherboard	Intel DZ68DB (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20110413
Uptime	20.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '21 at 02:22
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 178 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 348 47% 352 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 3650) 1GB CLim: 928 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Lighting 16.3 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 21.6 13% 18.3 fps	MRender 20.8 Gravity 21 Splatting 15.9 15% 19.2 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 51 58 14 1.9 4.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 90.7 Write 89 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 32.9 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3120827AS 120GB-$38 1,818 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 33GB free Firmware: 3.42 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 11.7 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 41.7 22% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 32%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 589GB free Firmware: 0143 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 26 26 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 32 Write 26.5 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 26 21% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 63%
TOSHIBA MK7559GSXP 750GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 290GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 0.2 Write 2.5 Mixed 1 2% 1.23 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.1 14% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical DZ68DB Builds (Compare 16 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Intel DZ68DB

CPU
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	5x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	4x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	3x

GPU
HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 8,807 samples	3x
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	3x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	2x

SSD
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	1x
CS1311 240GBPNY $78Bench 81%, 26,547 samples	1x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	1x

RAM
99U5471-012.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 48%, 7,477 samples	4x
XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 47%, 1,560 samples	3x
99U5471-040.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 48%, 1,305 samples	1x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $70

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16