Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '16 at 21:25
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 261 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 691 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 125 Parallax 122 92% 120 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.7 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 228 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 169 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2341153705	104% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 412 Mixed 417 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 27 157% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 27 92% 203 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210627320 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1355 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 13010754711 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538837024 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1355 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 6 210627320 (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 -23888608077723 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2699469340 (F2) Unknown 100 253 963254073	77.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 136 Mixed 99.4 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.77 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 25.7 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 25.4 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%

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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	325x
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	141x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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