Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35% 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	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 19:47
Run Duration	352 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 98.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 228 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 593 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3962) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 44 Parallax 39.7 37% 43 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 35.4 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 480GB-$249 1,770 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -96095597355460 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 471 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 470 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 470 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 386212 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 386212 (F2) Unknown 100 100 740376 (F9) Unknown 100 100 21786	56.7% Above average	Read 487 Write 196 Mixed 291 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 15.8 59% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 98.3 DQ Mixed 8.4 46% 109 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 71%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 59GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13384 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 107 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 65 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 202439591	95.5% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 401 Mixed 408 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 39.7 123% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 118 132% 226 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 115%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 117GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 195 3183 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13228 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 799 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13230 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.8% Average	Read 72.6 Write 89.9 Mixed 72.6 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.56 141% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 69%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 110GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 50 Write 78.2 Mixed 70.7 91% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.22 57% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 44%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 25GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	8.5% Terrible	Read 41.1 Write 4.56 Mixed 5.31 14% 17 MB/s	4K Read 5.82 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.05 25% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.5% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 20.9 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 44.5 90% 44.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 8%

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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 $54Bench 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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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $543

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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