Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	184% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 13:30
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 250 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 632 67% 535 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 207 Parallax 172 147% 186 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 180 Splatting 128 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,328 Write 1,002 Mixed 1,058 251% 1,129 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 24.3 172% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 462 DQ Write 432 DQ Mixed 26 135% 307 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 236%
Transcend SSD340 256GB-$194 1,962 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 11GB free Firmware: SVN423c Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1954 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 3276800 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 185 185 1035111497808 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C2) HDA temperature 68 68 150325428256 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 28275262976 (EA) Unknown 100 100 67216997312 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12535982304 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13004627857	87.8% Excellent	Read 495 Write 292 Mixed 357 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 24 125% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 27.1 95% 208 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 98%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 81GB free Firmware: 3.CHN Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10773 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 404379713597 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7974 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 422 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 622002211 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 12884901923 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 52 225013636 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	39.8% Below average	Read 63 Write 75.3 Mixed 46.5 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.24 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-439.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1800, 1800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.6 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 17.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 63%

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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 $179	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