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 as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	85.1% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	10.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '16 at 05:07
Run Duration	311 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 630 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2951) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 38.3 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 32 31% 35.3 fps	Gravity 34 Splatting 33.8 30% 33.9 fps
Poor: 22% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 281GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1250 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (A5) Unknown 100 100 20447492 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 59 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 526 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 69 296354185255 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 317830332490 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1682 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5339 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5872 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5806 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.1% Excellent	Read 499 Write 331 Mixed 417 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 18.3 130% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.1 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 15.9 57% 117 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 108%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 253GB free Firmware: SAFM11.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1765 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C2) HDA temperature 61 43 244814577703	46.5% Average	Read 365 Write 143 Mixed 163 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 7.07 77% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 50.4 DQ Mixed 4.6 13% 27.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 99%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6887 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 185 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 306 (0A) Spinup retry count 103 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 211 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159872042 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 80 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 209 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	62.2% Good	Read 109 Write 107 Mixed 107 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.31 118% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 104%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 447GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 128 128 25789071659 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 521 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 106 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 521 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 521 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 210454839334 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	89.5% Excellent	Read 160 Write 152 Mixed 148 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.16 83% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 108%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 432GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 134 6116 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5511 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2147 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 439 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5508 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.6% Average	Read 86.9 Write 78.6 Mixed 72.7 60% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.34 92% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 49%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 234GB free Firmware: JKAONA02 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 393216 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 120 120 51578077799 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 262 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 269 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 269 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 227634774060 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.8% Average	Read 76.3 Write 79.9 Mixed 70.8 57% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.3 78% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992017 (997017) 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 1314 992017 (997017) 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 79%

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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 $273	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 $179	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