Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141021
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '20 at 16:54
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 71.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 208 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 569 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.9% Very good	Lighting 87.2 Reflection 89.3 Parallax 97 71% 91.2 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 82.2 82% 104 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0509 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 164 170 122 139 116 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 321 Write 158 Mixed 189 SusWrite 146 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 14.5 88% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 57.7 61% 101 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 70%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 154GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 74 72 75 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 82 Write 82.8 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 73.6 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 99U5474-028.A00LF Micron 18KSF51272AZ-1G4M1 Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.1% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14.5 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 10.6 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 97.1 41% 97.1 ns

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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%

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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	623x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	544x
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	160x
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	149x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	64x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $353

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16