Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.5% 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	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 03:24
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470S 14,631 User benchmarks, average bench 65% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 189 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 353 47% 351 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5069 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.75% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 1.77 Parallax 1.38 2% 1.65 fps	MRender 3.57 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 3.52 2% 2.73 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.75% Great: 2%
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 843B) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 31.3 20% 26.8 fps	MRender 33.8 Gravity 29.6 Splatting 25.3 24% 29.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCM-128M3S 2.5" 7mm 128GB 388 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: WQDA SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 92 93 91 91 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 329 Write 195 Mixed 177 SusWrite 90.9 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 24.3 94% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 60.2 DQ Mixed 32.5 28% 40.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 81%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 115GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.1 5.3 8 2.4 1.6 1.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 4.5 55% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 230% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 75%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 230GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 93 94 95 96 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 82.8 Write 76.6 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 94.3 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 286GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 5.4 7.8 2.4 1.6 1.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 115 Write 110 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 4.5 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.9% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 10 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.8 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 57%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

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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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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