Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.75% 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	44.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 05:55
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 200 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 491 53% 420 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83BE) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.75% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12.9 Parallax 9.25 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 15 11% 13.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.75% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3K87RA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1333 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 219 (64) Unknown 100 100 2534400 (65) Unknown 100 100 528256 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 747 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1290 (B7) Unknown 98 98 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 176094707741 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4659 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3096 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3611 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5085 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	44.9% Average	Read 365 Write 200 Mixed 197 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 26.8 4K Mixed 7.46 57% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 53.1 DQ Mixed 8.2 15% 29.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 355GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186772416 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1904 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 52045499982 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1898 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 65 45 588316707 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22172 (C2) HDA temperature 35 55 73014444067 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 78185584667135 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3172181119401 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15682288471906	72.4% Very good	Read 113 Write 140 Mixed 79.9 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.31 85% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 216GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1722 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7814 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1254 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 56480 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 28 (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	64.2% Good	Read 104 Write 120 Mixed 67.1 72% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.27 97% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 0GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 180 7900 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1369 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 720 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24947 (C2) HDA temperature 119 98 33 (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	9.69% Terrible	Read 9.77 Write 23.6 Mixed 14.1 12% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.21 61% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 9.69% Great: 101%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 73GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 53.3 Write 60.2 Mixed 45.8 69% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.4 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 65%

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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	100x
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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