Gigabyte GA-P34V3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

CPU throttled at 65% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-P34V3 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	14.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 03:03
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	65%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 79.5 1-Core 49.3 2-Core 98.9 49% 75.9 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 267 30% 233 Pts	64-Core 267 16% 267 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 A456) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	2.08% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 3.59 2% 5.73 fps	MRender 4.86 Gravity 1.23 Splatting 4.17 3% 3.42 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.08% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon IT LMT-128L9M 128GB 1,236 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: HM73001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 900 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1807 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 175372 (AE) Unknown 100 100 63 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 175372 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 672 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10960 (F1) Unknown 100 100 287428 (F2) Unknown 100 100 258869	70.1% Very good	Read 473 Write 323 Mixed 380 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 11.3 74% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 61 91% 171 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 94%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 792GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 177 1875 (04) Start/Stop count 42 42 58053 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1792 (BF) G-sense error rate 93 93 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 412 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94635 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 30 (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	61.1% Good	Read 103 Write 109 Mixed 101 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.26 91% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS1GSK64W6H 1x8GB 1,113 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.5 28% 9.73 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 10.6 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 33%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P34V3

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	5x
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	3x
GTX 965MNvidiaBench 24%, 3,914 samples	1x

SSD
HFS128G3AMNB-2200A 128GBBench 67%, 1,805 samples	3x
IT LMT-128L9M 128GBLiteonBench 81%, 1,236 samples	1x
840 Evo mSATA 500GBSamsungBench 95%, 727 samples	1x

RAM
M471B1G73BH0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 30%, 1,072 samples	2x
BLS8G3N18AES4.16FE 1x8GBCrucialBench 33%, 229 samples	2x
TS1GSK64W6H Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 12GBTranscendBench 40%, 27 samples	1x

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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