Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.9% 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	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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	12.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '21 at 07:58
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 79 1-Core 132 2-Core 257 85% 156 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 644 69% 549 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 61.9 Parallax 66.6 37% 58.1 fps	MRender 64.3 Gravity 47.3 Splatting 45.5 42% 52.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 385 387 389 381 376 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 320 Write 330 Mixed 330 SusWrite 383 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 41.9 138% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 56.8 49% 70.5 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 125%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 240GB-$193 568 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 185GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 115 121 129 129 131 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45% Average	Read 109 Write 202 Mixed 153 SusWrite 126 34% 148 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 20.2 100% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 35 38% 60 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 91%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 75GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 401 257 247 247 238 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 278 Write 343 Mixed 268 SusWrite 297 67% 296 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 28.8 102% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 36.4 36% 55 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 234GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 115 120 130 128 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 138 Write 132 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 126 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 199% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 4,223 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 20.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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