Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '19 at 09:49
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 184 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 511 48% 401 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 75 78 52 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 371 Write 200 Mixed 138 SusWrite 68.4 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 26.5 110% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 31.4 34% 54.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB-$85 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 194GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 308 304 298 298 296 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 382 Write 346 Mixed 220 SusWrite 304 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 33.9 125% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 43.5 41% 60.6 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 107%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 133GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 76 79 76 77 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 66 SusWrite 76.9 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 64GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 105 104 104 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 101 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 103 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 72%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z68P-DS3 Builds (Compare 553 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	100x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $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