Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). 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	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '17 at 23:03
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 576 65% 509 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1614 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 128 Parallax 116 97% 121 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 112 Splatting 102 85% 104 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 262GB free Firmware: MU01 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2602 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 63 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 52 206159020055 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6153072595 (F7) Unknown 100 100 192379300 (F8) Unknown 100 100 22844366	103% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 480 Mixed 472 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 32.2 145% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 50.9 84% 157 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21436 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 311 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 187032279056	84.2% Excellent	Read 505 Write 329 Mixed 332 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 22.7 130% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 44.6 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 22.9 50% 97.6 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 108GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26897 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 126 (B1) Unknown 96 96 43 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 54 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25013001512	83.8% Excellent	Read 500 Write 348 Mixed 357 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 23.7 136% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 44.1 DQ Write 79 DQ Mixed 24.7 29% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 126%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 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 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 150 150 21502296408 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9026 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27189 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 154 (C0) Power-off retract count 79 79 25413 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 25413 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 171799609372 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 3712 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 138 Mixed 165 117% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.22 103% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 107%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 735GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 133 133 25806635604 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10349 (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 98 98 16436 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 17098 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 17098 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 180389543966 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66.4% Good	Read 124 Write 108 Mixed 103 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 92%
Drobo Gen3 17.5TB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 9.5TB free, PID 3344 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 166 Write 126 Mixed 119 168% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.83 4K Write 5.62 4K Mixed 0.77 224% 2.74 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 23.5 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 65%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $54Bench 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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Total price: $648

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 $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 $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