Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	125% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 09:44
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 503 68% 509 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 148 Parallax 139 115% 143 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 134 Splatting 111 96% 117 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 349 432 440 440 436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 467 Mixed 446 SusWrite 419 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 60.1 201% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 277 232% 335 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 96GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 104 104 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 137 Write 131 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 104 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 249GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 87 90 89 90 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 106 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 88.4 67% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 133GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 150 Write 151 Mixed 100 SusWrite 106 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 145GB free Firmware: PB4OC60S SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 64 64 64 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 63.2 Mixed 36.9 SusWrite 64.1 43% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 45%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 115GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 142 143 141 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 30 SusWrite 142 71% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 23.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 64%

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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	620x
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	117x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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