Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 14:32
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 230 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 432 60% 445 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.1% Very good	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 113 87% 111 fps	MRender 45.4 Gravity 59 Splatting 47.2 41% 50.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SH920 2.5 256GB 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1010BL00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 348 347 265 270 309 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 279 Write 324 Mixed 307 SusWrite 308 69% 304 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 26.6 117% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 206 169% 242 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 91%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 356GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 53 55 56 56 55 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 82.3 Write 81.3 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 54.3 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 114GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 52 52 52 52 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 115 Write 59.9 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 51.9 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 109%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 359GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 87 86 87 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 94.4 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 86.8 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 24.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 63%

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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	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