Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.3% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit väriä,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	23.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 10:47
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 70.1 2-Core 196 65% 116 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 337 47% 350 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.3% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 41.4 Parallax 37 37% 41.1 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 33.7 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10EARS-22Y5B1 1TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 56 58 68 74 75 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 86 Write 75.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 63.4 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 59%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 179 184 178 183 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 39 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 180 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR256X64D3U1333C9 ACR256X64D3U1333C9 KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.9% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 7.4 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

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 $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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16