Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.7% 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	62.1% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '16 at 08:39
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 684 73% 583 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 49.6 Reflection 46.7 Parallax 45.9 40% 47.4 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 42.7 Splatting 37.3 32% 40 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 527ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4319565 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 25975962217033 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 32 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 44 55837458465 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 55837458465 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4319565 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4319565 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4319565 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6710 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4884 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4884 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2390	68.9% Good	Read 484 Write 119 Mixed 185 57% 263 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 18.2 124% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 43.6 60% 112 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 73%
Adata XPG SX900 512GB-$189 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 177764010 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 43971875189466 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 12 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 73017131043 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 177764010 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 177764010 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 177764010 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 81604378625 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12490 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10532 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10532 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7958	62.1% Good	Read 507 Write 226 Mixed 309 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 22.1 4K Mixed 12.6 74% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 93.1 DQ Mixed 65 70% 120 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 178 5700 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3045 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21347 (C2) HDA temperature 111 108 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.1% Above average	Read 81.8 Write 96.1 Mixed 80.7 65% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.19 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 84%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 939GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 166 6350 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3366 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (10) Unknown 2 198 45611013308 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3362 (C2) HDA temperature 113 109 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.9% Very good	Read 136 Write 142 Mixed 135 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.19 96% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 541GB free Firmware: 0711 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 109 Write 131 Mixed 80.6 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 0.53 227% 2.96 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 104%
WD 7500AAV External 750GB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 304GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 37 Write 38 Mixed 35.7 48% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.29 83% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2600 2OZ 2x8GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 25.6 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 25.3 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	192x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	91x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	68x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x

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Total price: $589

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