Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.6% 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	101% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141021
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '21 at 14:05
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 161 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 524 54% 434 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 62.6 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 63.5 51% 65.6 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 54.8 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 219 223 212 224 218 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 411 Mixed 331 SusWrite 241 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 51.6 170% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 123GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 295 295 294 295 295 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 406 Mixed 330 SusWrite 308 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 54.4 174% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 354 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 212 214 214 213 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 164 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 212 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.8% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 64%

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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 $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	627x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	545x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	366x

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	209x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	121x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	93x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	149x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	66x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $350

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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