Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	9GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 9GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 9 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 09:22
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 5.8 GHz, turbo 8.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 494 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1633 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72% Very good	Lighting 94.5 Reflection 94.8 Parallax 80.4 77% 89.9 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 80.8 Splatting 72.5 62% 76.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 638 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 852 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 71 (A9) Unknown 100 100 290 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 390 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 57 244813987873 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 70 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5715 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2574 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3502 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	51.9% Above average	Read 349 Write 257 Mixed 212 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 10.9 71% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 49 DQ Mixed 11.2 16% 28.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 99%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 19 (03) Spinup time 169 165 6533 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3421 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3118 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 425 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43730 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.3% Above average	Read 98 Write 98 Mixed 91 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9GB 4,068 User benchmarks, average bench 38% null MHz 1024, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 52%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	102x
Core i7-2600Intel $169Bench 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	25x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	14x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	128x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	112x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	64x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	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 $44	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