Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	166% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 01:17
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 229 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 663 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 655 41% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.9 95% 111 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 537 325 325 322 325 324 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,032 Write 1,065 Mixed 592 SusWrite 360 170% 762 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 45.7 203% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,016 DQ Write 891 DQ Mixed 748 617% 885 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 179GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 112 112 111 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 141 Write 112 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 113 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 112%
Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40 13,598 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 21GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 62 62 63 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 78.5 Write 72.5 Mixed 45.3 SusWrite 61.9 48% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,271 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 20.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 22.9 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 86%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	620x
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	117x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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