Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.25% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	88.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141021
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '20 at 11:42
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 204 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 388 54% 398 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83C2) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	9.25% Terrible	Lighting 10.6 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 8.09 9% 10.3 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 12.3 10% 12.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.25% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 241 237 242 239 237 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 478 Write 440 Mixed 370 SusWrite 256 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 38.3 124% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 330 247% 329 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 636GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 134 133 137 136 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	73% Very good	Read 120 Write 120 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 134 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.8 188% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 486GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 156 151 159 159 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 157 Write 143 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 155 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 109%
WD Elements 2621 2TB 11,378 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 111 110 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58% Above average	Read 140 Write 116 Mixed 77 SusWrite 110 145% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.3 162% 2 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 64%
TOSHIBA MK2546GSX 250GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 225GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 36 37 36 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 29 Write 36 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 35.8 43% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 69%

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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	626x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	544x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	363x

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	160x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	120x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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