Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	152% 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	56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '21 at 11:16
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 448 61% 451 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 224 Reflection 209 Parallax 218 183% 217 fps	MRender 197 Gravity 150 Splatting 133 128% 160 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 103 99 88 96 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56% Above average	Read 370 Write 286 Mixed 217 SusWrite 106 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 31.2 100% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 97.6 DQ Write 45.7 DQ Mixed 52.8 44% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 97%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 673GB free Firmware: 1AA01110 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 99 101 101 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 111 Mixed 57.4 SusWrite 99.9 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.7% 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