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 above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	81.3% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '18 at 00:49
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 657 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	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. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 143 142 145 146 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 362 Write 220 Mixed 232 SusWrite 144 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 40.4 164% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 171 133% 179 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 56GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 72 72 73 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 420 Write 79.7 Mixed 124 SusWrite 75.1 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 42.8 151% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 74.9 DQ Mixed 90 68% 92 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 547GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 150 149 149 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 169 Mixed 96 SusWrite 148 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 825GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 134 135 134 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 126 Write 130 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 134 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 449 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.9% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 19.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 21.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 66%

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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	159x
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	147x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16