Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '19 at 22:11
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 434 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C3) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.97 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.1% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 23 26% 28 fps	MRender 37.1 Gravity 30.5 Splatting 30.5 26% 32.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 81 83 89 93 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 87.8 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 55GB free Firmware: CC97 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 80 83 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 94 Write 95.5 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 81.9 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/4G 12GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2200, 2200, 2200 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 21.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 68%

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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	101x
Core i7-2600Intel $188Bench 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	25x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16