Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '16 at 19:49
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 181 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 363 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 70 Parallax 68.8 54% 68.4 fps	MRender 74.5 Gravity 63 Splatting 55.6 52% 64.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 360 Write 290 Mixed 319 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 16 82% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 51 DQ Mixed 15 18% 31.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 100GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 84.7 Mixed 62.7 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.3 96% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 61GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 82.7 Mixed 85.9 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.35 107% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 74%

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)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 17.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 65%

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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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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 74%

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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 $273	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 $42	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