Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '22 at 04:04
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 200 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 367 47% 357 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 21C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.4% Good	Lighting 86.6 Reflection 81 Parallax 73.3 71% 80.3 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 65.9 64% 80.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 88 77 75 72 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 281 Write 108 Mixed 163 SusWrite 76.9 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 16.1 4K Mixed 18.4 62% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 48.2 DQ Write 27.9 DQ Mixed 32.3 26% 36.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 348GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 84 82 82 83 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 95 SusWrite 81.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 42GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 68 68 70 69 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 102 Write 27.8 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 67.6 46% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 226GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 182 180 178 180 177 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 140 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 174 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 DDR3 2133 2OZ KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 DDR3 2133 2OZ 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 60%

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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	623x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	544x
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	64x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $353

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16