Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.8% 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	62.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 12:57
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 202 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 591 59% 482 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 2375) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 43.9 Reflection 43.1 Parallax 38.1 36% 41.7 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 33.3 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MT-256 256GB 385 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: T170810a SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 109 134 107 109 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 478 Write 150 Mixed 140 SusWrite 110 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 24.7 104% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 59 62% 101 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 99%
Seagate ST9500325AS 1TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 742GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 137 137 139 139 137 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 148 Write 139 Mixed 93.3 SusWrite 138 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SLA302G08-EDJ1C 0619 SLA302G08-EDJ1C 0619 SLA302G08-EDJ1C 0420 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 52%

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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 9%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	157x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	91x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	99x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	69x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $589

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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