Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '20 at 12:23
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 200 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 406 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 69 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 61 56% 65.8 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 54.7 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 462 Mixed 376 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 60 197% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 354 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 112GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 94 88 97 97 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 378 Write 124 Mixed 171 SusWrite 97 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 40.6 148% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 94.2 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 107 79% 103 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 109GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 93.8 Write 82 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 69 55% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 723GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 76 77 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 170 Write 82 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 76.4 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 63%

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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	620x
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	117x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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