Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35.8% 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	126% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 06:01
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 466 67% 492 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2962) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 45.3 Parallax 40.4 38% 44.1 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 41.4 Splatting 36.3 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 401 389 383 362 379 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 400 Mixed 365 SusWrite 390 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 56.6 213% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 81GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 65 60 56 58 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 455 Write 364 Mixed 314 SusWrite 86.2 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 39 144% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 107 128% 222 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 82%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 146GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 151 87 89 90 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 368 Write 414 Mixed 324 SusWrite 144 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 39.8 137% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 179 166% 256 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.1 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 84%

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

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	621x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	541x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	359x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	307x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	227x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	159x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	118x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	92x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	147x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	62x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $353

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