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 above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	97.7% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 23:11
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 722 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6698) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2893 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 162 Reflection 173 Parallax 162 132% 165 fps	Gravity 157 Splatting 111 115% 134 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 98GB free Firmware: 5.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 11519 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 754 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 883 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1310729 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 180 180 223369494872 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 532 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 133145231390 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 89 89 11 (E9) Unknown 100 100 90895331072 (EA) Unknown 100 100 138301463744 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 38740918185 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23615504919	78.8% Very good	Read 480 Write 160 Mixed 237 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 25 138% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 29.3 71% 151 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 92%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 4443 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 255 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 493 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4718731 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 67 56 188979347489 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19166 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15595 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7161 (F4) Unknown 100 100 72 (F5) Unknown 100 100 139 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4964160	97.7% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 492 Mixed 499 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 13.3 118% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 13.1 91% 207 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29971088 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 561 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19769987 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5303 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 50 756088874 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13288 (C2) HDA temperature 42 50 38654705706 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -118545392332211 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23087265460 (F2) Unknown 100 253 147706422084	85.9% Excellent	Read 159 Write 141 Mixed 140 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.17 52% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 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 119 99 213312680 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1134 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 69939678 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13203 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 876 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 621805602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52943 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 34359738402 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 49319109470496 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15041701424 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1072192178906	110% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 186 Mixed 178 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.24 93% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 128GB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 119GB free, PID 0306 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 90.8 Write 65.5 Mixed 73.8 95% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 9.99 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 1.96 201% 4.94 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 1600 CL10 Series 2x8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 62%

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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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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