Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 04:06
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 493 63% 479 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 79%

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. 10.18.14.4264 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.6 86% 107 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 97.2 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 498 Write 310 Mixed 385 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 38.4 138% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 82.9 DQ Mixed 115 93% 136 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 92%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 700GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 102 100 99 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 76.3 Write 112 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 101 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 526GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 93 95 95 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 65.8 Write 91.8 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 94.8 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 237GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 85 86 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 82.3 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 84.8 63% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 76%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$60 4,559 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 107GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 52 52 52 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 61.3 Mixed 52 SusWrite 52.3 42% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 58%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 928GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 123 123 123 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 120 Mixed 100 SusWrite 123 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 27.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 25.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 85%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	110x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	67x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	46x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	33x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 7,948 samples	16x

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Total price: $543

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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