Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '19 at 21:34
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 203 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 392 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 73%

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: 417.35 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.3% Above average	Lighting 63.7 Reflection 65 Parallax 59.3 52% 62.7 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 48 47% 58.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 154 102 89 79 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 288 Write 326 Mixed 234 SusWrite 128 55% 244 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 37.5 137% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 39.6 41% 64.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 97%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 944GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 100 102 102 104 104 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 137 Write 130 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 101 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 848GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 100 102 102 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 106 Write 99 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 101 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 76%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 17 16 15 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	9.02% Terrible	Read 27.5 Write 15 Mixed 10 SusWrite 15.5 21% 17 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.02% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston 99U5471-001.A00LF Kingston 99U5471-001.A00LF 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.2% Average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.3 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 50%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	423x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	216x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	168x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	142x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	60x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	26x

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Total price: $648

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