Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20% 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	120% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '21 at 20:55
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 635 70% 551 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PNY(196E 0871) 1.2GB CLim: 732 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	20% Poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 37.7 Parallax 27.6 19% 29.5 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 20.7 Splatting 24.2 22% 27.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 302 300 288 294 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 490 Mixed 391 SusWrite 313 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 61.5 207% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 613GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 96 94 98 98 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 103 Write 103 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 95.6 65% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 63%
SMI USB DISK 8GB 3,022 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 2.4 3 6 6.1 6.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	5.68% Terrible	Read 23.8 Write 0.5 Mixed 6 SusWrite 4.5 8% 8.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.68% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 24.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 69%

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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%

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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	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	148x
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 $274	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 $176	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