Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.8% 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	94.4% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '19 at 13:47
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 617 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

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: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.5 88% 106 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCT-256M3S 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,208 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: VRDC SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 282 309 350 286 356 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 359 Mixed 287 SusWrite 320 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 38.6 143% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 178 159% 239 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 94%
Valuegist ST-120G 120GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 29GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 273 29 16 11 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 506 Write 349 Mixed 339 SusWrite 89.5 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 16.4 129% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 75.3 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 1 58% 132 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 71%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 87GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 302 260 212 115 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 466 Write 226 Mixed 274 SusWrite 224 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 29.5 114% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 99.8 DQ Mixed 154 125% 182 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 80%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 69GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 92 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 99 Write 92 Mixed 51 SusWrite 91.2 61% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 60%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 284GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 37.8 Write 30.5 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 37.9 45% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CML8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.2% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns

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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	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