Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 18:04
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 516 69% 518 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 156 Parallax 146 120% 150 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 140 Splatting 118 99% 121 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 46156878 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -99840809752235 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1157 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 284 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 36 51541966877 (C2) HDA temperature 29 36 51541966877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 46156878 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 46156878 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 46156878 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11686 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7041 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7041 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9079 (F4) Unknown 97 97 6357089	63.2% Good	Read 412 Write 103 Mixed 158 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 16.4 127% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 67.3 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 30.7 41% 71.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 73%
WD WD10EZEX-22MFCA0 1.5TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 151GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 178 5666 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5233 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3754 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 177412 (C2) HDA temperature 125 100 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 198 307 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 186 8	37% Below average	Read 70.1 Write 58.5 Mixed 75.1 52% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 65%
Hitachi HCP725032GLA380 320GB 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 107GB free Firmware: GM3OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 117 117 25791168839 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3211 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 670 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5863 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5863 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 270583660570 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 22	29.3% Poor	Read 50.4 Write 51.4 Mixed 54 39% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 44%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 91GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9886576 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 88 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4312124 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 69 453967896 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1581 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 55834574872 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -25490630900839 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4639016288 (F2) Unknown 100 253 182649373380	84.5% Excellent	Read 134 Write 159 Mixed 113 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.93 231% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 111%
Hitachi HTS542512K9SA00 120GB-$25 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 15GB free Firmware: BB2OC3JP Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 34359738368 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5820 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 16639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3997 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 589 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 373527 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 206159151132 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	19.4% Very poor	Read 29.1 Write 38.3 Mixed 27.2 24% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.24 57% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 64%

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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	625x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	544x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	363x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	307x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	229x
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	119x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	93x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	149x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	65x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $353

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16