Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141021
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '24 at 21:30
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 96 2-Core 188 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 514 54% 431 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$266 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397D) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 551.23 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 125 Parallax 120 107% 125 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 97.6 90% 112 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 83 91 89 80 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 236 Write 120 Mixed 158 SusWrite 86.8 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 32.4 114% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 85.1 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 98.5 76% 101 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 73%
Kingston SKC600512G 512GB 5,390 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 424GB free Firmware: S4800105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 430 431 421 382 366 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 368 Write 446 Mixed 364 SusWrite 408 90% 397 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 53.7 174% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 175 182% 299 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BD160B.M16 16GB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 60%

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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	69	57	60	23.8"	1280 720	ACR0750 VG240Y S

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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 $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	628x
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 $174	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