Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.3% 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	61.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 12:25
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 194 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 398 49% 374 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3354) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 26.5 Parallax 32.7 32% 33 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 34.7 Splatting 33.2 29% 35.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM71.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 153 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 74 74 118 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393238 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1385	61.8% Good	Read 370 Write 308 Mixed 433 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 8.28 76% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 9.66 49% 102 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 99%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 374GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4941 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 82 5322 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 951 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1376 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 917 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180390068258 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 73 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 968	70.7% Very good	Read 114 Write 132 Mixed 120 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.45 123% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 77%
Seagate ST9160314AS 160GB 2,396 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 45GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 80 196254708 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5232 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4570932100 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4920 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3432 (BC) Unknown 100 56 141736411298 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1699 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 321 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 40 40 121305 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 98784247842 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 52 196254708 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	28.2% Poor	Read 48.9 Write 49.1 Mixed 50.3 37% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.39 75% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 36%

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 (89^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 65%

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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 $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

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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 $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