Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	186% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	15.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	31.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '17 at 08:21
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 223 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 619 65% 519 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3540 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,313 Write 391 Mixed 567 165% 757 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 207 4K Mixed 61.6 269% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 805 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 225 278% 499 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 353%
WD Gold 8TB (128MB Cache 2016)-$100 288 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 5TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 104 (03) Spinup time 148 148 34388836796 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2463 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3180 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3117 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 206160068644 (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	97.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 166 Mixed 169 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.48 180% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 115%
Seagate ST2000NM 0033-9ZM175 2TB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 984GB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 59302723 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1442 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 932156737 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 773521445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2281 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 103079215141 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 21 59302723 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 168 Mixed 153 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.37 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.57 175% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5471-056.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5471-056.A00LF 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.9% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 17.9 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 61%

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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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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