Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	261% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141021
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 16:13
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 629 66% 529 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 88.6 Parallax 78.4 66% 82.6 fps	MRender 81.7 Gravity 76.5 Splatting 70.1 62% 76.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9782 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1119 (B1) Unknown 93 93 131 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44435017581	85.9% Excellent	Read 495 Write 401 Mixed 418 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 35.6 109% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 40.7 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 102 96% 142 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 124%
Nvme INTEL SSDPED1D28 280GB 456 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 1,249 Write 1,262 Mixed 1,353 288% 1,288 MB/s	4K Read 145 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 86.9 401% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 466 DQ Mixed 89.4 135% 244 MB/s
Poor: 276% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 679%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 181 5616 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2222 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8692 (C2) HDA temperature 118 113 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.6% Good	Read 116 Write 123 Mixed 127 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.29 108% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 84%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 6366 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3846 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1088 (10) Unknown 12 188 212676931889 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3790 (C2) HDA temperature 115 110 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	96.9% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 170 Mixed 167 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.26 127% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

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	159x
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	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 $273	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 $177	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