Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 14:45
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 77.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 227 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 572 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.8% Very good	Lighting 89.7 Reflection 94.7 Parallax 93.2 73% 92.5 fps	MRender 81.6 Gravity 83.5 Splatting 78.4 66% 81.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 805 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7143514 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 744 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 69 296353988636 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 107375099929 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1082 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1858 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1661 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2072 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.8% Good	Read 480 Write 318 Mixed 254 77% 351 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 15.9 62% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 36.2 86% 184 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 7GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15546 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1393 (B1) Unknown 98 98 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 43 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 88 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6276178712	88.2% Excellent	Read 487 Write 334 Mixed 345 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 23.1 123% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 80 112% 208 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 118%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 197 9100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 315 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2367 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	99.7% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 160 Mixed 154 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.29 104% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 99%
ST2000DL 001-9VT156 2TB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 77GB free, PID 1053 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 37.3 Mixed 30.1 44% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.13 30% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	45.1% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 63%

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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%

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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 $52

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