Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.8% 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	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 13:30
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 570 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gainward(10B0 11C0) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1527 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.8% Poor	Lighting 24.1 Reflection 23.2 Parallax 29.9 20% 25.7 fps	MRender 33.1 Gravity 28.1 Splatting 24.7 23% 28.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10213274 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -11536282151065 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1190 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 42 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 57 60133277720 (C2) HDA temperature 24 57 60133277720 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10213274 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10213274 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10213274 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24304 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20956 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20956 (F2) Unknown 0 0 28659	63.1% Good	Read 458 Write 211 Mixed 240 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 14 74% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 74.4 96% 175 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 94%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 176GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 135 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8644 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2217 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8626 (C2) HDA temperature 125 104 22 (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	37.5% Below average	Read 71.9 Write 58.6 Mixed 59.2 48% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 49%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 116GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 0 (03) Spinup time 183 167 1808 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8499 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1630 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 36238 (C2) HDA temperature 126 98 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.6% Above average	Read 113 Write 94.1 Mixed 98.7 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 50%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 24GB free Firmware: JA0OA480 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 234 234 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 6404 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 19524 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1429 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 2178330 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 313533399061 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 31 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 30 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	43.1% Average	Read 80.6 Write 70 Mixed 74.5 57% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.18 42% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 57%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 USB 3.0 16GB-$15 505 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 11GB free, PID 168e Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 31.1 Mixed 19.3 36% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.58 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 1.22 118% 3.71 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 17.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	423x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	216x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	168x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	142x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	60x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	26x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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