Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '17 at 22:49
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 514 59% 462 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.5% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 98.3 Parallax 89.3 80% 95.3 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 85.3 Splatting 69.7 64% 79.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk SC032G 32GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3201 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2406 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 403 (AE) Unknown 100 100 269 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1343 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1335 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10767717865 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11643902414
Poor: 28% Great: 41%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA330 1TB-$38 10,195 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 928GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 93 (03) Spinup time 158 158 25791234201 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1646 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1352 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3837 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3837 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 197569216540 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	75.8% Very good	Read 137 Write 128 Mixed 135 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.44 114% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 216GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 171 1625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 77 (C2) HDA temperature 115 111 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	76.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 130 Mixed 114 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.25 121% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 24 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 81%

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

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 $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 $40	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