Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.1% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110616
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '18 at 17:17
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 87.3 2-Core 170 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 415 44% 354 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 119 Parallax 118 99% 119 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 93.3 80% 98.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 130 129 122 115 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 312 Write 142 Mixed 190 SusWrite 120 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 33.2 116% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 39.7 40% 62.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 323GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 221 218 216 217 217 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.2% Good	Read 233 Write 223 Mixed 194 SusWrite 219 49% 217 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 37 114% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 79.7 DQ Mixed 47.6 39% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 124%
WD WD5001FFWX-68Z39N0 5TB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 115 116 115 118 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 138 Write 185 Mixed 100 SusWrite 118 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 358% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 122%

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 (91^st percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 65%

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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	102x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	127x
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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16