Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 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 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	42.5% 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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '24 at 16:14
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 63.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 184 65% 116 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 538 55% 446 Pts	64-Core 540 34% 540 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X12c08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 80 81 77 55 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 388 Write 102 Mixed 183 SusWrite 71.8 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 11 70% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 72.9 DQ Write 30.9 DQ Mixed 6.4 17% 36.7 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 88%
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 24GB free Firmware: P190710b SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 127 127 127 125 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 414 Write 124 Mixed 189 SusWrite 119 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 23.4 101% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 49.5 DQ Write 35 DQ Mixed 60.1 40% 48.2 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 4x4GB 216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	36.1% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 10.8 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 11.5 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 80%

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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	68	56	144	0"	1280 720

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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	622x
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 $40	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