Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20120321
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 26 '18 at 13:24
Run Duration162 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 13%
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 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Memory 92.5
1-Core 103
2-Core 204
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 518
55% 440 Pts
64-Core 519
32% 519 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 158
Parallax 137
116% 146 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 136
Splatting 113
99% 122 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
557GB free
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
57% Above average
Read 83.8
Write 114
Mixed 81.3
70% 93.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.64
4K Write 2.31
4K Mixed 0.25
97% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 57%
Great: 85%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB
187GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
186% Outstanding
Read 380
Write 266
Mixed 228
217% 291 MB/s
4K Read 10.6
4K Write 5.29
4K Mixed 0.78
627% 5.56 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 186%
Great: 174%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
102GB free
Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
49.5% Average
Read 93
Write 79.4
Mixed 85.2
65% 85.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.27
4K Write 1.47
4K Mixed 0.37
79% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 49.5%
Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
32GB free
Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
48.9% Average
Read 88.2
Write 82.2
Mixed 86.1
64% 85.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.43
4K Write 1.45
4K Mixed 0.42
91% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 48.9%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
49.6% Average
MC Read 17.9
MC Write 17.1
MC Mixed 14.4
47% 16.5 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 17.2
SC Mixed 16.5
46% 16.2 GB/s
Latency 63.1
63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 49.6%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z68P-DS3 Builds (Compare 549 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $333
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