Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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.
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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9% 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	55.8% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 01:09
Run Duration	455 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2700K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 184 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 428 46% 367 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Asus(1043 8428) 1GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 9.35 Parallax 11.7 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 13 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13093 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 240 (B1) Unknown 98 98 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 76 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27613456527	55.8% Above average	Read 294 Write 304 Mixed 240 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 18.4 77% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 61 DQ Mixed 19 22% 38.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 662GB free Firmware: 0911 Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 109 Write 129 Mixed 120 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.21 62% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 103%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 159GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	9.41% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 13.5 Mixed 15.7 12% 16 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 9.41% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 16GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 95 94007380 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 59 59 42230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 405834304 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 58704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 84 37 16908 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 563 (BC) Unknown 100 95 131140 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 150 (BE) vendor-specific 59 44 22164406313 (C2) HDA temperature 41 56 60129542185 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 23 94007380 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -59068685176064 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2281214955 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1449439911	41.2% Average	Read 72.6 Write 70.8 Mixed 21 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.28 77% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 70%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 15GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4074 (03) Spinup time 164 160 6783 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 2 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45387 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1141 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 237 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 130 130 212628 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 32 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 45 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 22 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 197 197 992	40.3% Average	Read 70.1 Write 70.3 Mixed 36.2 44% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.07 49% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 67%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 103GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	9.72% Terrible	Read 18.3 Write 10.4 Mixed 9.43 15% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.2 60% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.72% Great: 44%
ST350083 0AS 500GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 38GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	8.75% Terrible	Read 18.3 Write 10.4 Mixed 8.46 14% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.36 55% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.75% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 62%

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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 $192Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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