Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (7th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 93 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.
Boot Drive	7.82% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '23 at 00:15
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 23.1 2-Core 42.6 15% 32.8 Pts	4-Core 52.9 8-Core 66.9 8% 59.9 Pts	64-Core 52.4 3% 52.4 Pts
Poor: 37% Great: 64%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: JUGB0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 37 44 46 46 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	7.82% Terrible	Read 68.8 Write 31.9 Mixed 59 SusWrite 41.2 11% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 2.3 8% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 7.82% Great: 104%
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3GB free Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 34 43 39 45 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	6.43% Terrible	Read 52.1 Write 32 Mixed 32.9 SusWrite 37.9 9% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 2 6% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 6.43% Great: 82%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 71GB free Firmware: 03.00C10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 25 25 31 29 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 52.5 Write 24.7 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 27.7 25% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 61% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 62%
ST316002 3AS 160GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 131GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 20 21 25 23 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	8.47% Terrible	Read 20.3 Write 21.7 Mixed 20.6 SusWrite 22.1 29% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 18% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.47% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U7BFR8C-H9 4x4GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 7.5 20% 7.03 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 3.8 11% 3.73 GB/s	Latency 542 7% 542 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 59%

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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	545x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	364x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	309x
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	161x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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