Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics9.07% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97P-D3  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 05 '17 at 07:10
Run Duration118 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU7%
CPU Throttled 99%

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-5775C-$250
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
81.2% Excellent
Memory 97.7
1-Core 121
2-Core 220
85% 146 Pts
4-Core 351
8-Core 496
53% 423 Pts
64-Core 557
34% 557 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel Iris Pro HD 6200 (Desktop)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
9.07% Terrible
Lighting 9.83
Reflection 12.4
Parallax 13
8% 11.7 fps
MRender 13.2
Gravity 9.87
Splatting 16.5
11% 13.2 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 9.07%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
886GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
86% Excellent
Read 147
Write 153
Mixed 131
108% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 1.82
4K Mixed 0.14
65% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 86%
Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30
488GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Read 148
Write 133
Mixed 141
106% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.74
4K Write 1.87
4K Mixed 0.17
84% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
78.4% Very good
MC Read 36.4
MC Write 24.2
MC Mixed 24.2
81% 28.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 19.4
50% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 47.3
85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97P-D3 Builds (Compare 2,637 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $353
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