Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '16 at 15:03
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 487 65% 485 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 65 Parallax 82.6 54% 71.1 fps	MRender 64.5 Gravity 56.4 Splatting 84.5 58% 68.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 960GB-$310 1,128 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 289GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1121 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 143 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 66 40 257699414050	58.9% Above average	Read 495 Write 123 Mixed 275 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 7.47 75% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 24.7 75% 166 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 89%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8325 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1378 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 86 86 441 (AE) Unknown 100 100 180 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 43 244813135909 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 86 86 14 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 19467361081 (F7) Unknown 100 100 623573080 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2873670062	65% Good	Read 496 Write 137 Mixed 146 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 17.3 119% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 76.5 DQ Mixed 17.2 23% 40.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 580GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84349184 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2930 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 54 588458349725 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1268 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 555089952 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56373 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 55834574880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 117304146792809 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23354597279 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25143032561	87.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 158 Mixed 144 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.27 90% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 423GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72823477 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3437 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 53 53 3212798545956 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2155 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 47 555155484 (C2) HDA temperature 28 53 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 38 72823477 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -10917806849431 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3955883143 (F2) Unknown 100 253 437721957	54.9% Above average	Read 97 Write 94.3 Mixed 77.3 67% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1600KLN-4G 2x4GB 795 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

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

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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16