Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	45% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141021
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '24 at 16:38
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 207 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 399 50% 378 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.58 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 115 Parallax 127 98% 121 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 113 Splatting 103 104% 132 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4004RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 89 50 25 30 29 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	45% Average	Read 410 Write 356 Mixed 260 SusWrite 64.5 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 27.4 4K Mixed 16.6 67% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 35.3 43% 76.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 407GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 113 114 112 111 114 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 169 Write 132 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 111 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 549 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 17.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 9: 0P 0R 2G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
9%	22%	23	189	8	60	23.5"	1920 1017	SAM0C61 S24E510C

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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	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	148x
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 $269	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