Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150422
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '17 at 16:05
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 255 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 728 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1640 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 75.5 Parallax 71.6 65% 75.5 fps	MRender 81.7 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 63.3 58% 72.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1290 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C2) HDA temperature 76 64 154619412504 (F1) Unknown 100 100 120886	71.4% Very good	Read 518 Write 335 Mixed 348 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 9.25 99% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 75.9 DQ Mixed 9.12 20% 39.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 89%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 956GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 152 10983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 303 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (10) Unknown 24 176 424473915017 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 256 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 60% Great: 112%
Generic Mass-Storage 8GB 1,181 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.78% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 11.5 Mixed 9.14 14% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.49 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.78% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.2 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 58%

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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