Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.2% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 18:10
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 186 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 349 49% 361 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2130 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 103 93% 112 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 480GB-$148 2,730 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 251 226 226 202 251 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 207 Mixed 372 SusWrite 238 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 45 168% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 204 196% 308 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 165GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 106 108 115 114 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 30 SusWrite 113 65% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 131% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 107%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 373GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 101 102 102 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 70 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 102 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 59%
Sony Storage Media 16GB 1,481 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 15GB free, PID 09c2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 134 Write 40 Mixed 21 SusWrite 38.8 62% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 71% 5.8 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 19 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

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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 $134	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