Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.9% 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (83%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '16 at 21:27
Run Duration	472 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	83%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 77.9 2-Core 177 64% 111 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 234 32% 238 Pts	64-Core 275 17% 275 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.9% Terrible	Lighting 4.13 Reflection 6.92 Parallax 6.5 3% 5.85 fps	MRender 7.19 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.83 5% 5.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.9% Great: 3%
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3001) 3GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.11.5 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.9% Poor	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 26.2 Parallax 48.7 32% 37.9 fps	MRender 25.6 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 32.9 27% 32.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3607 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 685 (AB) Unknown 100 100 39957584 (AE) Unknown 100 100 85 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 359 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 89 89 89 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8577 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13438 (F9) Unknown 100 100 629226884
Poor: 63% Great: 98%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 105GB free Firmware: 3.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157575257 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4999 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 792073474 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4817 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 505151518 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 70 187967954 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 21 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38.9% Below average	Read 67 Write 68.4 Mixed 65.2 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 74GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 87967571 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 860 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 8772879367 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 760 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 554631199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 870 (C2) HDA temperature 31 12 51539607583 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 87967571 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -20465519161517 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20304450256 (F2) Unknown 100 253 53427383883	84.5% Excellent	Read 144 Write 151 Mixed 125 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 112%
HitachiG ST 500GB 401 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 199GB free, PID 1014 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 63.1 Write 82.9 Mixed 58.3 90% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.18 44% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 34%
SanDisk SDDR-113 2GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID a7c1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	3.56% Terrible	Read 16.1 Write 3.03 Mixed 4.32 8% 7.83 MB/s	4K Read 2.31 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 9% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.56% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 13 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 9.8 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 82.9 48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 62%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	626x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	544x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	363x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	308x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	229x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	120x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	93x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	149x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	65x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $353

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16