Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 23:25
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 216 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 605 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 82.3 Reflection 58.1 Parallax 117 67% 85.7 fps	MRender 59.1 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 75 62% 74.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apotop S3C 128GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 107 118 141 126 121 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 445 Write 141 Mixed 196 SusWrite 126 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 32.8 127% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 133 118% 180 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 43GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 88 84 83 87 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 74.2 Write 93.2 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 84.9 50% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.3 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	428x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	217x

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 $44Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	61x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16