Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	43.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 05:30
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (44^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, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 665 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 58231933 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -33767032873307 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2092 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 497 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 45 77312360478 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 77312360478 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 58231933 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 58231933 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 58231933 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16567 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18748 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18748 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14540	43.8% Average	Read 180 Write 92.5 Mixed 103 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 10.2 100% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 91.7 DQ Mixed 9.4 21% 42 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 73%
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 40GB free Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 177 100 177 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 954 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 28 (A9) Unknown 100 100 419 (AA) Unknown 100 100 3 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 235 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 292057776168 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 74 (E8) Unknown 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3882 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2848 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6591	56% Above average	Read 485 Write 158 Mixed 239 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 4.12 89% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 89.1 DQ Mixed 3.98 19% 40 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 156GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 177510430 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1440 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24454342 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 508 (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 70 62 505217054 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1513 (C2) HDA temperature 30 17 73014444062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 177510430 (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 -18172006627600 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11010136596 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13828973063	78.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 145 Mixed 107 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 61%

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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 $94Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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