Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 23:05
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 608 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 330F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 143 Parallax 121 108% 132 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 128 Splatting 108 91% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS256GSSD360S 256GB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 64GB free Firmware: 20151027 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 80 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 164 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 211350 (A5) Unknown 100 100 116 (A6) Unknown 100 100 65 (A7) Unknown 100 100 101 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 18317 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (F1) Unknown 100 100 55266 (F2) Unknown 100 100 174674 (F5) Unknown 100 100 673937	78% Very good	Read 491 Write 331 Mixed 384 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 4 100% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 3.5 70% 164 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 82%
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4735 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1277 (A6) Unknown 100 100 104 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 319 (A9) Unknown 100 100 169 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 207 (AE) Unknown 100 100 193 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 44 188979347482 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1626 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 27001 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9284 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7659 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	65.5% Good	Read 390 Write 227 Mixed 245 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 16 115% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 15.4 27% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144065992 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33816886 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1249 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 57 386662420 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29358 (C2) HDA temperature 20 43 42949672980 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -127466039408931 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5837660060 (F2) Unknown 100 253 111064529756	83.3% Excellent	Read 150 Write 141 Mixed 145 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 69GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 52.2 Write 54.5 Mixed 54.2 70% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 42%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 327 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 13GB free, PID a008 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 86.7 Write 73.4 Mixed 59.8 90% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.18 50% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LU1MNG/8G 2x8GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 21 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	621x
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	160x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	118x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	92x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	148x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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