Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (58%). 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	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 00:59
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 95 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 368 48% 363 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Asus(1043 8405) 2GB CLim: 1359 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32% Below average	Lighting 38 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 45.4 31% 39.3 fps	MRender 47.9 Gravity 43.9 Splatting 35.8 34% 42.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 60GB-$57 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 39 27 31 21 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 392 Write 35.5 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 28.9 27% 129 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 8.2 72% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 23.4 DQ Mixed 4.6 27% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 89%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 88GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 209 215 211 214 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 368 Write 285 Mixed 261 SusWrite 213 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44.8 163% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 167 153% 236 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 87GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 32 33 34 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 102 Write 35.5 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 33.1 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 101% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 69%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 24GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.1 6.6 8.9 7.2 9.3 7.3 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 17.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 7.9 18% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2.4 131% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 18%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 22GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 12 8.4 8.5 8.8 8.8 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 37 Write 17.7 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 9.2 25% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.9 113% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 9.9 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 35%

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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%

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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