Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	102% 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	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150422
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '17 at 10:20
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 202 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 393 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 74.8 Parallax 72.4 62% 74.5 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 66.8 55% 67.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3780 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1113 (B1) Unknown 95 95 88 (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 66 50 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24436940868	102% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 401 Mixed 412 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 42.5 140% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 109 136% 242 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 616GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2065 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3578 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 961 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1999 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78% Very good	Read 138 Write 134 Mixed 125 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.29 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 394GB free Firmware: SD81 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234582380 (03) Spinup time 95 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15302 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 25799994797 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 769 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1828 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 86 3212684755721 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 521404447 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 30064771103 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 29 234582380 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	31.8% Below average	Read 56.6 Write 54.4 Mixed 55.1 42% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.09 22% 0.21 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 60%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB 1,938 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 24GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 143 Write 101 Mixed 114 146% 119 MB/s	4K Read 6.57 4K Write 3.44 4K Mixed 1.77 202% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	65.3% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 20.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 67%

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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) $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