Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.3% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 22 '20 at 07:47
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 249 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 715 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2983 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 191 Parallax 208 156% 197 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 188 Splatting 127 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5107 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 177 178 176 175 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 467 Mixed 350 SusWrite 197 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 47.8 172% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 283GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 367 367 402 404 396 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 488 Mixed 446 SusWrite 378 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 57.3 199% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 129%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 78GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 363 357 237 238 234 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 477 Mixed 378 SusWrite 292 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 33.4 142% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 326 246% 330 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 99%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$146 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 138GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 351 354 382 383 380 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 444 Mixed 400 SusWrite 361 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 52.3 176% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 293 239% 340 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 25.5 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 25.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 91%

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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%

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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 $295	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