Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '18 at 19:56
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 196 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 599 64% 512 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSA2BW120G3 103GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 133 132 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 231 Write 131 Mixed 139 SusWrite 132 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 21.2 74% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 75.6 DQ Mixed 64.2 59% 92.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 46%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 8GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 22 Write 1.2 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 12.6 11% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.2 133% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 4x4GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.4% 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 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	193x
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	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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Total price: $589

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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