Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.7% 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)
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '18 at 20:47
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 424 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 8A91) CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Lighting 28.2 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 36 23% 31.3 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 27.2 Splatting 33.9 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 25%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 511 Write 451 Mixed 397 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 55.5 190% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 242 209% 311 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC1H Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 4791 Write 50.6 Mixed 61.8 1,170% 1,634 MB/s	4K Read 604 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 25,222% 202 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 4x4GB 672 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 17.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 61%

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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 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	111x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	69x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	33x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
MX500 500GBCrucial $49Bench 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	20x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 7,948 samples	16x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $539

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16