Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.4% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '17 at 18:48
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 77.2 1-Core 89 2-Core 185 67% 117 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 229 38% 267 Pts	64-Core 265 16% 265 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 71 Parallax 63.3 55% 67.3 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 55.7 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27375 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 722 (B1) Unknown 85 85 171 (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 62 50 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 310 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29668909646	55.4% Above average	Read 460 Write 64.9 Mixed 145 48% 223 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 9.83 94% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 25.2 50% 104 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 73%
Seagate ST3320813AS 320GB 4,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 59GB free Firmware: SD23 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 70233280 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5915 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 666011242 (09) Power-on hours count 25 25 65952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 33 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1557 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 81605624170 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 2205 (BE) vendor-specific 70 45 504823838 (C2) HDA temperature 30 55 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 33 70233280 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6	54.7% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 97.1 Mixed 95.8 72% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.23 57% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 6.5 20% 7.03 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.5 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 85.9 47% 85.9 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 40%

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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