Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 20:19
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 488 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 82 Reflection 76 Parallax 69.1 67% 75.7 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 75.8 60% 73.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4585 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 990 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (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 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 177 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16605450761	97% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 404 Mixed 414 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 26.6 152% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 46.9 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 108 99% 143 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169849936 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2708 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 476633817 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18454 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2618 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 65 65 35 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 471203868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56323 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 38654705692 (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 -126594161032424 (F1) Unknown 100 253 182898875330 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1818066637259	105% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 171 Mixed 178 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 13GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 138 Write 48.8 Mixed 60 89% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.27 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.68 87% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 63%

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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 $55Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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