Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.3% 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)
Boot Drive	124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '21 at 13:38
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 464 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341B) CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.3% Average	Lighting 56.6 Reflection 59.5 Parallax 87 46% 67.7 fps	MRender 59.9 Gravity 60.1 Splatting 43.7 44% 54.6 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 370 370 352 357 331 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 438 Mixed 402 SusWrite 358 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 64.6 213% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 266 227% 333 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 303GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 149 150 148 149 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 59.2 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 148 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ02ABF100 1TB-$55 6,063 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 406GB free Firmware: DS001J SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 108 108 108 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 94.5 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 106 59% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 75% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 641GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 58 57 57 58 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 57.7 67% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.9% 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%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	623x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	543x
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	160x
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	149x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	63x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $353

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16