Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141021
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '16 at 23:47
Run Duration	337 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 160 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 199 8-Core 188 26% 193 Pts	64-Core 213 13% 213 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz) 43,454 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4206 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	1.17% Terrible	Lighting 2.17 Reflection 3.88 Parallax 3.41 2% 3.15 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.17% Great: 2%
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3001) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.1001 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Lighting 48.9 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 60.4 40% 47.3 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 47.4 Splatting 40.3 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 519GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1681 (03) Spinup time 170 168 2500 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1319 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1274 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 573 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 770 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 27 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	88.1% Excellent	Read 160 Write 147 Mixed 131 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 108%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 437GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 575 (03) Spinup time 188 184 3558 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4475 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 29067 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1949 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 856 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33895 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 26 (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	52.4% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 86.4 Mixed 87.4 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.34 95% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%
hp v150w 8GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 2d40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	6.08% Terrible	Read 24.8 Write 4.25 Mixed 7.18 12% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.52 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 24% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.08% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX2400C11D3/4GX 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 52%

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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 $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