Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.5% 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	81.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150422
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '17 at 00:31
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 213 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 422 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.5% Poor	Lighting 38.1 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 47.2 31% 37.6 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 35.3 Splatting 34.2 26% 32 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3951 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1084 (A5) Unknown 100 100 253452747363 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 33 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 16 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 50 214749216797 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2585621955348 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7298 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12587 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8055 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7927 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.1% Excellent	Read 496 Write 313 Mixed 323 83% 378 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 13.3 108% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 40.7 88% 183 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 349GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 165 2541 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1904 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5949 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1894 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1815 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	90.5% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 140 Mixed 148 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.3 112% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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Workstation 30%

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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 $178	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