Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '21 at 19:51
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 193 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 378 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1655 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Lighting 49.4 Reflection 51.8 Parallax 46.2 40% 49.1 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 46.5 Splatting 40.7 34% 41.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 156 147 142 121 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 476 Mixed 392 SusWrite 148 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 56.4 192% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 47.9 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 66.2 59% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 614GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 146 149 150 150 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 160 Mixed 106 SusWrite 144 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 9.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 62%

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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%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	619x
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	306x
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 $275	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