Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.1% 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	50.3% 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '18 at 23:27
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$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 above expectations (71^st percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 92.2 2-Core 185 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 382 47% 359 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.1% Below average	Lighting 53.8 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 27.4 44% 35.1 fps	MRender 21.7 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 38.8 30% 36 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 78 91 89 80 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 212 Write 122 Mixed 177 SusWrite 87.3 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 24.5 108% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 65.8 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 35.5 42% 70.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 73%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 976GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 91 73 107 113 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 94.2 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 97.1 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 84%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 3GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 11 12 12 12 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 25.3 Write 12.5 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 12.2 18% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.6 171% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	37% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 11.3 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 40%

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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%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	192x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	91x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	68x
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 $109Bench 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 i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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