Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 05:14
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 522 72% 536 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 59 Parallax 115 65% 84.5 fps	MRender 58.4 Gravity 81.1 Splatting 75.7 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13622 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 944 (B1) Unknown 94 94 123 (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 56 39 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 395 (F1) Unknown 99 99 59190068311	118% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 414 Mixed 424 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 49.7 188% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 116 142% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 729GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 88 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2522 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11751 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3826 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2081 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 220 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 188979478562 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 357 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2013 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 255 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 290951	29.2% Poor	Read 97.9 Write 3.17 Mixed 89.2 49% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 453GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 139 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2886 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24663 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1505 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 846 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2040 (C2) HDA temperature 97 84 46 (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	65.9% Good	Read 117 Write 113 Mixed 113 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.41 106% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 64%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

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 $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