Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '19 at 14:22
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 208 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 514 55% 435 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 108 Reflection 118 Parallax 108 88% 112 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 66 Splatting 92.8 62% 72.8 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA2000CM10002 2TB 772 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 317 335 151 180 314 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 387 Mixed 364 SusWrite 272 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 40.8 143% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 224 202% 306 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 113%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 451GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 59 62 68 64 68 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Hitachi HCS5C2020ALA632 2TB 1,802 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 991GB free Firmware: ML6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 101 103 102 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 98 Write 88.5 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 101 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 75%
EAGET HDD 2TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 1068 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 26 23 24 32 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 19.5 Mixed 13 SusWrite 26.4 30% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 29% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1333 4x8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.7% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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