Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.51% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.3% 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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '23 at 10:39
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 600 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.51% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 6.9 3% 4.5 fps	MRender 7.4 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 5.4 4% 5.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.51% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000P3SSD8 1TB 44,174 User benchmarks, average bench 268% 870GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR30A SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 313 333 285 225 326 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 350 Write 356 Mixed 350 SusWrite 302 77% 339 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 45 146% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 229 176% 246 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 394%
Intel SSDPEKNW010T9 1TB 20,963 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 435GB free Firmware: 001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 826 773 835 689 575 825 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,292 Write 1,022 Mixed 937 SusWrite 754 224% 1,001 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 48.3 166% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 651 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 217 203% 330 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 295%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF 9905403-181.A00LF 9905403-447.A00LF 9905403-181.A00LF 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.7% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 13.2 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 14 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	60	24.1"	1280 720	DELA0BA DELL U2415

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	626x
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	309x
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	120x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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