Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	60.6% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '20 at 10:03
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 222 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 668 72% 572 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
P3-512 512GB 2,855 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.83.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 30 30 31 31 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 339 Write 312 Mixed 279 SusWrite 31.7 54% 240 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 28.3 109% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 177 157% 233 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 104%
Samsung MZ7LN1T0HAJQ-00000 1TB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 926GB free Firmware: MVT0200Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 465 452 474 473 474 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 437 Mixed 397 SusWrite 467 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64.1 204% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 135%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 142 143 143 143 144 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 100 Write 112 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 142 70% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.7 238% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 92%
USB 3.0 MassStorage 4TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 3TB free, PID 5002 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 147 164 161 162 164 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	59% Above average	Read 161 Write 82.2 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 145 149% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 69% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 62%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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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 i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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