Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Graphics	8.11% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '15 at 15:53
Run Duration	1314 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2120-$170 77,810 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 74.7 2-Core 142 50% 109 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 232 31% 230 Pts	64-Core 231 14% 231 Pts
Poor: 34% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0716) 512MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4181 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	8.11% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 9.85 Parallax 4.12 9% 8.29 fps	MRender 9.24 Gravity 8.47 Splatting 7 7% 8.23 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.11% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8217891 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -53584011972750 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1375 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 181 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8217891 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8217891 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8217891 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13820 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12390 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12390 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12667	38.8% Below average	Read 186 Write 78 Mixed 103 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 13 74% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 97.8 DQ Mixed 22.7 42% 83.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 45GB free Firmware: CR100-11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7424 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3650 (05) Reallocated sector count 83 83 162 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13331 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1898 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 478899 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 65536 (BC) Unknown 100 100 13 (BE) vendor-specific 76 62 24 (C2) HDA temperature 166 124 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 478899 (C4) Reallocation count 83 83 162 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	26.1% Poor	Read 43.4 Write 47.4 Mixed 35.5 32% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3120811AS 120GB-$179 472 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 19GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 90 11049847 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4162 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 610505434 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2956 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 521994271 (C2) HDA temperature 31 53 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 48 46821283 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	19.2% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 31.6 Mixed 54.7 31% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.41 74% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 33%
Seagate ST9120817AS 120GB 595 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 14GB free Firmware: 3.AHC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40970329 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1450 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 76 17180131556 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 2450 (BE) vendor-specific 71 42 974061597 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 541 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 663 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53136 (C2) HDA temperature 29 58 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 55 193058687 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	22.3% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 39.2 Mixed 37.6 29% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 34%
Hitachi HTS542520K9SA00 200GB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 8GB free Firmware: BBDOC33P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4909 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 16740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3356 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 80041 (C2) HDA temperature 189 189 231929020445 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 62 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 55 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	15.6% Very poor	Read 29.8 Write 24.3 Mixed 27.9 21% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.3 65% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 28%
ST500LT0 12-1DG142 500GB 405GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	12.8% Very poor	Read 30.3 Write 28.3 Mixed 29 37% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.15 31% 0.43 MB/s

Corsair Voyager 16GB 622 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 10GB free, PID 1ab1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	0.55% Terrible	Read 1 Write 0.86 Mixed 0.92 1% 0.93 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.004 3% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 0.55% Great: 10%

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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	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	127x
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 $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

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