Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '20 at 20:32
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 (81^st percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 93 2-Core 183 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 473 50% 402 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% XFX(1682 9560) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1295 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 32 Parallax 40.6 26% 35 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 32.7 26% 31.9 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB 14,793 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0222A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 64 47 53 54 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 391 Write 335 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 70.3 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 30.2 4K Mixed 13.1 61% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 23.9 32% 54.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 93%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 190GB free Firmware: UF5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 125 74 61 142 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 366 Write 284 Mixed 163 SusWrite 137 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 22.9 4K Mixed 7 47% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 22.1 DQ Mixed 22 16% 21.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 97%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	99x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	65x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	61x

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	126x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	111x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	63x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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