Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.8% 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)
Boot Drive	73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '18 at 22:12
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 188 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 364 48% 363 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.8% Below average	Lighting 39.8 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 37.9 32% 36.4 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 36.3 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 132 132 131 132 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 375 Write 148 Mixed 197 SusWrite 132 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 34.1 142% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 125 107% 159 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 73%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 6GB free Firmware: 040H Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 446 Write 153 Mixed 218 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 12.6 104% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 29.8 73% 156 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 72%
Hitachi HTS725032A9A360 320GB 640 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 38GB free Firmware: PC3OC71E SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 80 81 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 88.9 Write 86.8 Mixed 44.4 SusWrite 80.1 55% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 58%
Samsung D3 Station 2TB 2,805 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 274GB free, PID 6123 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 38 39 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 35.6 Write 35.8 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 38.5 48% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.5 243% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 80%
Toshiba StorE HDD 2TB 266 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 887GB free, PID 0b16 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 35 35 35 34 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 33.5 Write 33.8 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 34.6 44% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.6 202% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 0118 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.8% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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