Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.5% 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	21.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150422
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 16:00
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$55 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 178 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 405 44% 349 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 88 Parallax 88.1 78% 90.7 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 86.7 Splatting 74.7 70% 87.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung PM800 Series 2.5" 256GB 1,200 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: VBM25D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 44 57 57 57 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 178 Write 57.3 Mixed 109 SusWrite 54.9 22% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 7.4 39% 10.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 34%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 517GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 113 115 116 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 102 Write 110 Mixed 62 SusWrite 114 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-532.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	46.7% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.8 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 50%

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	626x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	545x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	364x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	309x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	229x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	120x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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: $355

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16