Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.7% 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)
Boot Drive	80.7% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '18 at 06:06
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 202 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 397 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 48.2 Reflection 44.4 Parallax 40 39% 44.2 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 37.1 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 179 128 103 128 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 511 Write 365 Mixed 321 SusWrite 151 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 14.2 4K Mixed 46.6 116% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 196 176% 264 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 103%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B 1TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 159GB free Firmware: 03.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 83 82 84 83 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 85.5 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 82.2 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 24GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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