Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics10.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97P-D3  (all builds)
Memory1.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit kolorów,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140530
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 10 '18 at 14:35
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4590-$188
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81.7% Excellent
Memory 93.3
1-Core 108
2-Core 193
77% 131 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 411
54% 408 Pts
64-Core 409
25% 409 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199
Asus(1043 04A1) ≥ 4GB
Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
10.2% Very poor
Lighting 0.1
Reflection 35.4
Parallax 48.2
0% 27.9 fps
MRender 31.3
Gravity 35.1
Splatting 40.5
30% 35.7 fps
Poor: 25%
This bench: 10.2%
Great: 29%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Fujitsu MHW2020BH 20GB
1GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 00930013
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 20 21 19 18 17 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
8.2% Terrible
Read 11
Write 20.7
Mixed 11.1
SusWrite 17.3
11% 15 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.3
61% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 8.2%
Great: 20%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
59.3% Above average
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 21.8
MC Mixed 17.9
58% 20.4 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 19.3
SC Mixed 18.1
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 61.5
65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 59.3%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97P-D3 Builds (Compare 2,660 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $353
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