Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22% 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	59.7% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110616
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '16 at 01:49
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 89.8 2-Core 179 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 340 46% 344 Pts	64-Core 331 20% 331 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Gigabyte(1458 22B9) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1010 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 32 21% 30.5 fps	MRender 24.9 Gravity 24.2 Splatting 34.6 24% 27.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 100 808 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 442 (A6) Unknown 100 100 47 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 99 (A9) Unknown 100 100 40 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 84 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 231928234024 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 17939 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3610 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18298	59.7% Above average	Read 412 Write 331 Mixed 241 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 2.58 74% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 4.67 23% 48.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 704GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 247 242 9650 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3941 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2698 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62771 (C2) HDA temperature 122 104 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 97.1 Mixed 72.7 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.12 72% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 67%

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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 65%

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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 $275	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 $184	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) $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