Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 20:31
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Memory 32.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 64% 128 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 598 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 377GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 315 300 288 287 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 393 Mixed 335 SusWrite 316 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43.9 164% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 248 210% 308 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 28GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 54 32 41 77 144 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.5% Poor	Read 229 Write 31.7 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 66 18% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 21.5 4K Mixed 0.8 38% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 85.2 DQ Mixed 0.2 31% 77.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 78%
Maxtor STM3160211AS 160GB 1,528 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 45 31 48 51 53 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 58.5 Write 56.5 Mixed 36 SusWrite 41.2 35% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 40%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 169 168 171 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 76.7 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 168 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.7 325% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	26.6% Poor	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 7 26% 9.23 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9.9 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 239 17% 239 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 86%

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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16