Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	89.3% 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	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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '19 at 01:06
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 392 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 82%

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: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.1 89% 106 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 101 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCT-256M3S 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,208 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: VRDC SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 327 267 310 233 318 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 442 Write 354 Mixed 275 SusWrite 286 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 36.5 136% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 174 160% 244 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 94%
Valuegist ST-120G 120GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 36GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 79 29 17 20 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 418 Write 325 Mixed 23 SusWrite 71.6 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 1 35% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 69.4 DQ Write 15.7 DQ Mixed 16.3 19% 33.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 71%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 164GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 320 322 329 309 334 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 428 Write 309 Mixed 250 SusWrite 312 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 26.7 104% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 153 125% 183 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 80%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 69GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 89 91 91 89 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 107 Write 91.3 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 89.4 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 60%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 25GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 30 30 28 14 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 74 Write 29.7 Mixed 44.4 SusWrite 23.4 51% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.3 122% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 73%

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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%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	624x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	544x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	362x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	307x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	228x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	118x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	93x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	149x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	65x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $353

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16